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Table 3 Frequency of the main diagnosis by groups, for participants aged 17 years or younger

From: Mental health problems in male young offenders in custodial versus community based-programs: implications for juvenile justice interventions

  Youth in juvenile facilities Youth in community-based programs
Count Expected STR Percentage Count Expected STR Percentage
Conduct disorder 68 59.6 89.5 1.1 41 49.4 65.1 −1.2
Oppositional defiant disorder 1 4.4 1.3 −1.6 7 3.6 11.1 1.8
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—inattentive 2 3.8 2.6 −0.9 5 3.2 7.9 1.0
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—combined 1 1.6 1.3 −0.5 2 1.4 3.2 0.5
Recurrent major depression 0 1.6 0.0 −1.3 3 1.4 4.8 1.4
Current bipolar disorder 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7 1 0.5 1.6 0.8
Post-traumatic stress disorder 1 0.5 1.3 0.6 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—hyperactive 2 1.1 2.6 0.9 0 0.9 0.0 −1.0
Current major depression 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7 1 0.5 1.6 0.8
Past major depression 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7 1 0.5 1.6 0.8
Agoraphobia 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7 1 0.5 1.6 0.8
Obsessive–compulsive disorders 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7 1 0.5 1.6 0.8
Substance abuse 1 0.5 1.3 0.6 0 0.5 0.0 −0.7
  1. Results are presented only for the presence of psychopathology within each main diagnosis. So, nine participants placed in juvenile facilities and five placed in community settings are not counted in the table because they did not fulfill criteria for any diagnoses
  2. Count observed count, expected expected count, STR standardized residuals
  3. Fisher’s exact test is significant at p = 0.001