Young people who end up in the justice system have an increased risk for mental health problems, which may contribute to delinquent behavior and can affect the rehabilitation process. The aim of the study was to identify the presence of the psychiatric symptoms in adolescents with delinquent behavior.We studied 51 adolescents with delinquent behavior such as theft (35), fight (6) and roguery (10), examined within the forensic psychiatric expertise in Timisoara, aged 14-18 years, all males and a control group of 47 males adolescents without delinquent behavior, with the same characteristics. It was used Youth Self Report from the battery of tests ASEBA (Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment).The results showed that juvenile offenders had higher scores with clinical significance on symptoms of anxious/depressed (11,8%), withdrawn/depressed (15,7%) as well as the rule-breaking (31,4%) and aggressive behavior (15,7%) and also affective problems (13,7%), ADHD problems (20%) and conduct problems (26%), according to DSM-IV. The correlation's analysis showed a strong correlation between internalizing and externalizing symptoms, especially between affective problems and behavioral problems of delinquent adolescents.The relationship between delinquency and psychiatric disorders, although being a complex one, reveals that juvenile offenders are at high risk for psychopathology in adult life; the diagnosis and the effective treatment of psychiatric disorders may reduce the risk of delinquent behavior and the relapses, the absence of psychiatric treatment could contributes to the increased of crime rates and the psychiatric disorders in the adult life.
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