Teenager in conflict with the Law: addiction and impulsivity

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.36811/ijfs.2019.110011 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 01-03

Author(s):

María de los A Quiroga

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Behavioral Disorders ◽

School Performance ◽

Toxic Substance ◽

Early Age ◽

Criminal Record ◽

Dysfunctional Family ◽

Poor School Performance ◽

Dsm V ◽

Environmental Stimulation

This is a 17-year-old boy, who started substance use from an early age. In childhood I have behavioral disorders with poor school performance and poor socio-environmental stimulation, in the context of a highly dysfunctional family with the absence of continental adult figures. His criminal record is recorded from the age of 8 years and substance use from 12 years. The difficulty arose in the Court whether or not it was attributable. Finally, he was imputed. After the studies, it turned out that the young man according to the DSM V was structuring a psychopath personality. Keywords: Teenage; Impulsivity; Abuse toxic substance

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Juvenile Delinquency, Education, and Mental Disability

Council review ◽

10.1177/001440299506100303 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 61 (3) ◽

pp. 230-241 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin ◽

Esa Läärä ◽

Paula Rantakallio ◽

Irma Moilanen ◽

Matti Isohanni

Keyword(s):

School Performance ◽

Social Problems ◽

Delinquent Behavior ◽

Mental Disability ◽

Criminal Record ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Special Schools ◽

Poor School Performance ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

The Social

The study examined the association of education and mental disability with delinquency among males in the Northern Finland birth cohort of 1966. Six percent subsequently acquired a criminal record between 15 and 22 years. Those with an IQ between 71 and 84 or attending special schools had a higher incidence of delinquency (15%). Eleven percent of the youngsters with a tested IQ between 50 and 70 had a criminal record, but none with an IQ of less than 50. A higher than average delinquency rate was found among those with lower socioeconomic status, especially when combined with low intelligence. Poor school performance in general was seen as one predictor of later social problems and delinquency. The social problems of the families with youngsters with disabilities seemed to have a greater predisposing effect for delinquent behavior than did mental disability.

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Psychiatric Disorders in Adopted Children: A Profile from the Ontario Child Health Study

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379203700906 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 37 (9) ◽

pp. 627-633 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Ellen L. Lipman ◽

David R. Offord ◽

Yvonne A. Racine ◽

Michael H. Boyle

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Child Health ◽

Psychiatric Disorder ◽

School Performance ◽

Health Study ◽

Adopted Children ◽

Adoptive Families ◽

Poor School Performance ◽

Adoptive Mothers ◽

Poor School

Studies of clinical populations suggest that adopted children are overrepresented among children using mental health facilities, whereas studies using non clinical populations of adopted children have reached mixed conclusions about whether or not there is an increased psychological risk associated with adoption. Data from the Ontario Child Health Study, a community survey of children aged four to 16 years, which included a subpopulation of adopted children, were used to: 1. profile the characteristics of adoptive families; 2. examine the strength of adoptive status as a marker for psychiatric and educational morbidity; and 3. determine the extent to which adoptive status has an independent relationship with psychiatric and educational morbidities. The findings were: 1. adoptive mothers were significantly older than non adoptive mothers, but otherwise adoptive families did not differ significantly from non adoptive families, 2. adoption in boys, but not in girls, was a significant marker for psychiatric disorder and poor school performance; adoption in adolescent girls was a significant marker for substance use; and 3. multivariate analyses demonstrated no independent effect of adoption on psychiatric disorder or poor school performance; for adolescents, adoptive status did have an independent relationship with substance use for girls. The implications of these findings will be discussed.

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