A Study of Criminal History among Young Adults with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Psychiatry Outpatient |
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| Authors: | David Carlsen-Landy Regina Baronia Terry McMahon Eneko Larumbe Thomas F. McGovern |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5795-9832;3. Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA;4. Clinical Research Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-0602;5. Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-7962 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The goal of this study was to examine risk/protective factors to criminality in an adolescent population. Retrospective chart review was utilized to gather data on psychiatric history, substance use, and criminality among adolescent patients within a psychiatric outpatient clinic at a university school of medicine. An earlier age of psychiatric diagnosis and comorbid substance use was found to be a marked risk factor for criminality, whereas female gender and education were shown to be protective factors. These findings can aid in intervention strategies targeted at adolescents who are most at risk for criminality. |
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| Keywords: | Youth substance use mental illness justice system criminality incarceration arrest |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5795-9832;3. Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA;4. Clinical Research Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, Texas, USA