Research Article

Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic

Volume: 19 Number: 1 April 28, 2022
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Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study is to explore the cause of forensic report orders, socio-demographic characteristics and comorbid mental disorders in children and adolescents passed to court for any reason and referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinical by judicial authority in Şanlıurfa province. Materials and Methods: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed files of 64 cases which referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic for forensic psychiatric assessment between December, 2018 and December, 2020. The socio-demographic characteristics, the event underlying referral, coverage of question asked by judicial authority, smoking or alcohol and substance abuse, intelligence level, comorbid mental disorders and socio-demographic characteristic of parents were reviewed in children referred by judicial authorities. We used the Chi-square test to compare socio-demographic characteristics and comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and The Mann Whitney U test to compare numerical variables. Results: It was found that 46.9% of the children were referred due to juvenile delinquents while 12.5% due to being subjected to abuse and 25.0% due to early marriage. Of the juvenile delinquents, 90% were boys with median age of 15 years while 62.5% of victims were girls with median age of 13.5 years. The findings show that 63.3% of juvenile delinquents and 62.5% of victims were not attending to school. The incidence of psychiatric diagnosis was 53.3% among juvenile delinquents while it was 50% among victims. All of the children presented with request of early marriage were girls with median age of 16 years. The results show that 43.8% of cases were pregnant at presentation and 93.8% did not receive education appropriate for their age. Conclusions: It was found that more than one-half of juvenile delinquents and victims were not attending school in that study. In addition, it was found that male gender preponderance was observed among juvenile delinquents. There is a need for further studies to determine groups of under risk.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 28, 2022

Submission Date

March 5, 2022

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 19 Number: 1

APA
Kılıçaslan, F. (2022). Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 19(1), 44-51. https://doi.org/10.35440/hutfd.1083157
AMA
1.Kılıçaslan F. Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;19(1):44-51. doi:10.35440/hutfd.1083157
Chicago
Kılıçaslan, Fethiye. 2022. “Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic”. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi 19 (1): 44-51. https://doi.org/10.35440/hutfd.1083157.
EndNote
Kılıçaslan F (April 1, 2022) Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi 19 1 44–51.
IEEE
[1]F. Kılıçaslan, “Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic”, Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 44–51, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.35440/hutfd.1083157.
ISNAD
Kılıçaslan, Fethiye. “Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic”. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi 19/1 (April 1, 2022): 44-51. https://doi.org/10.35440/hutfd.1083157.
JAMA
1.Kılıçaslan F. Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;19:44–51.
MLA
Kılıçaslan, Fethiye. “Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic”. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 1, Apr. 2022, pp. 44-51, doi:10.35440/hutfd.1083157.
Vancouver
1.Fethiye Kılıçaslan. Retrospective Review of Forensic Cases Referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022 Apr. 1;19(1):44-51. doi:10.35440/hutfd.1083157

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