This study scrutinizes if detained girls with psychiatric disorders were at risk for future violent arrests during adolescence. A structured diagnostic interview was performed to determine the presence of various psychiatric disorders in 313 detained girls. Official juvenile arrest records were collected. With three exceptions that are in need of replication, psychiatric disorders (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, subtypes of conduct disorder), psychiatric disorder categories (e.g., anxiety disorders), and psychiatric comorbidity patterns were not prospectively related to future violent arrests. Our findings suggest that detained girls with psychiatric disorders should not be considered more dangerous than their counterparts without disorders, at least not during adolescence.

这项研究详细研究了被拘留的患有精神疾病的女孩是否有可能在青春期遭受进一步的暴力逮捕。进行了结构化的诊断性访谈，以确定313名被拘留女孩中是否存在各种精神疾病。收集了官方的少年逮捕记录。除了需要复制的三个例外，精神病（例如，创伤后应激障碍，行为障碍的亚型），精神病的类别（例如，焦虑症）和精神病合并症的模式与未来的暴力逮捕没有关系。我们的发现表明，被拘留的患有精神疾病的女孩不应被认为比没有精神障碍的女孩更为危险，至少在青春期不应该如此。