After previous editions in 2011 and 2016, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH) in cooperation with the European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology and other involved Professions (EFCAP) presents the thematic series of “Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health” of 2017. The current edition consists of six papers with a broad range of forensic child and adolescent psychiatric topics.
Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017
Edited by Cyril Boonmann and Klaus Schmeck
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Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2018 12:7
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Quality of life, delinquency and psychosocial functioning of adolescents in secure residential care: testing two assumptions of the Good Lives Model
In this study, two assumptions derived from the Good Lives Model were examined: whether subjective Quality of Life is related to delinquent behaviour and psychosocial problems, and whether adolescents with ade...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2018 12:4 -
Serious juvenile offenders: classification into subgroups based on static and dynamic charateristics
The population in juvenile justice institutions is heterogeneous, as juveniles display a large variety of individual, psychological and social problems. This variety of risk factors and personal characteristic...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:67 -
Child Protection Service interference in childhood and the relation with mental health problems and delinquency in young adulthood: a latent class analysis study
Most multi-problem young adults (18–27 years old) have been exposed to childhood maltreatment and/or have been involved in juvenile delinquency and, therefore, could have had Child Protection Service (CPS) int...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:66 -
The relationships between gender, psychopathic traits and self-reported delinquency: a comparison between a general population sample and a high-risk sample for juvenile delinquency
Studies have shown that youths with high psychopathic traits have an earlier onset of delinquent behavior, have higher levels of delinquent behavior, and show higher rates of recidivism than youths with low ps...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:64 -
Many, more, most: four risk profiles of adolescents in residential care with major psychiatric problems
The development of delinquent behaviour is largely determined by the presence of (multiple) risk factors. It is essential to focus on the patterns of co-occurring risk factors in different subgroups in order t...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:63 -
A program of family-centered care for adolescents in short-term stay groups of juvenile justice institutions
To provide successful treatment to detained adolescents, staff in juvenile justice institutions need to work in family-centered ways. As juvenile justice institutions struggled to involve parents in their chil...
Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:61