NCJ Number
86686
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 140 Issue: 2 Dated: (February 1983) Pages: 148-153
Date Published
1983
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Of 55 children admitted to a children's psychiatric service, 21 were homicidally aggressive.
Abstract
Psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses did not distinguish these children from the nonhomicidal children, but the homicidally aggressive children were significantly more likely to 1) have a father who behaved violently, often homicidally, 2) have had a seizure, 3) have attempted suicide, and 4) have a mother who had been hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder. The author explore explanations for the contribution of these factors to juvenile violence. (Publisher abstract)