BOIS-MAISON CENTER AT VAUHALLAN, FRANCE - AN ANALYSIS OF ITS POPULATION OF DIFFICULT ADOLESCENTS

• NCJ Number: 30322
• Journal: ANNALES DE VAUCRESSON Issue: 10 Dated: (1972) Pages: 131-223
• Author(s): Y ROUMAJON; C CHIROL; M GUERIN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 94 pages
• Corporate Author: Surveillee
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: French
• Country: France

Annotation

STATISTICAL STUDY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND DELINQUENT CHARACTERISTICS OF 70 PSYCHOPATHIC AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS WITH A PATTERN OF INSITUTIONALIZATION IN PRISON AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.

Abstract

INCLUDED ARE DATA ON HEALTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, FAMILY LIFE AND DIFFICULTIES, AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. THE STUDY DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN SUBJECTS FROM SOCIALLY DEFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE ADOLESCENT WAS THE MOST DISTURBED MEMBER OF A MALADAPTED FAMILY, AND SUBJECTS FROM NORMAL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE ADOLESCENT WAS THE ONLY SICK MEMBER. DIFFERENT DIAGNOSES AND SOCIAL THERAPIES ARE DESCRIBED FOR THE TWO GROUPS. --IN FRENCH, SUMMARY IN ENGLISH