Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 9 , Pages 1010-1019 , September 2008

Mental Disorders Among Adolescents in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities: A Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis of 25 Surveys

  • Seena Fazel, M.R.C. Psych., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Seena Fazel, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
    • ,
  • Helen Doll, M.Sc., D.Phil.
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  • Niklas Långström, M.D., Ph.D.

,Accepted 18 April 2008.

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 This work was in part supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council-Medicine (N.L.). The authors are grateful to the following investigators who kindly provided additional information from their studies: P. Chitsabesan, C. Duclos, R. Feinstein, P. Kirkish, D. Shelton, N. Singleton, A. Robertson, V. Ruchkin, E. Trupin, C. Vreugdenhil, D. Waite, and R. Zabel.Article Plus (online-only) materials for this article appear on the Journal's Web site:www.jaacap.com.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60077-5

doi: 10.1097/CHI.ObO13e31817eecf3

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