Prevalence of XXXX among juvenile offenders in Malaysian prisons and association with socio-demographic and personal factors.

@entity734 @entity9054 @entity146
UNASSIGNED: Purpose - The number of juvenile offenders admitted to Malaysian prisons is alarming. The purpose of this paper is to determine the presence of any @entity146 and their association with personal characteristics of juvenile detainees in prisons across Peninsular Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - Detainees were recruited from five different prisons in Peninsular Malaysia and interviewed by a psychiatrist using the MINI-Kid and FACES-IV, relevant personal and family information was also collected. Findings - A total of 105 detainees participated in the study. Almost all of the offenders (93.3 per cent) had at least one diagnosable @entity146 and more than half (76.2 per cent) had two or more @entity146 diagnoses. @entity9054 ( @entity9054 ) was the commonest disorder (59.0 per cent), while @entity734 ( @entity734 ) was the commonest co-morbidity. A significant correlation was found between presence of @entity9054 , education level and @entity734 . Almost all (61/62, 98.4 per cent) of the detainees with @entity9054 , had not completed schooling (OR 8.03, 95 per cent CI 1.01-71.35), and detainees with this disorder were more likely to use substances than detainees without @entity9054 (OR 4.35, 95 per cent CI 1.90-9.99). Detainees with any @entity146 diagnosis were more likely to have four or more siblings in their families (OR 5.5, 95 per cent CI 1.1-26.9). Originality/value - There is a high prevalence of @entity146 among juvenile offenders in Malaysian prisons, detection and intervention would be important.
