Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
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Comparative Study
The characteristics and intervention histories of incarcerated and conduct-disordered youth.
1) To determine if incarcerated youth and conduct-disordered youth in treatment display similar risk factors associated with chronicity of antisocial behaviour; 2) to determine if incarcerated youth had experienced high numbers of interventions by many different agencies as has been reported for conduct-disordered youth in treatment. ⋯ The distinction between conduct-disordered youth who are treated and youth who are incarcerated may be arbitrary and accidental. Given the similarity in the clinical characteristics, incarcerated youth should be offered help that is similar to that offered to conduct-disordered youth. Such help may lower the rate of recidivism.
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To study the association between reduced length of stay in an acute care psychiatric unit and readmission rates. ⋯ Reducing the length of stay in an acute care facility by 9 days to an average of 16 days did not lead to a sustained increase in the readmission rate.
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To highlight developments in the taxonomy of eating disorders since Russell's original description of bulimia nervosa (BN) in 1979 and through 3 versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. ⋯ While significant advances have been made in understanding and classifying eating disorders during the past 15 years, further empirical work is necessary to clarify areas of uncertainty.