Aggression in very high-risk youth

Examining developmental risk in an inpatient psychiatric population

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ID9052888
AuthorsPaul Boxer (0000-0001-7072-9364, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume77
Issue4
Pages636-646
Publication date2007-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.636
PMID18194044
OpenAlexW2146358289
LanguageEN
Citations received4

The goal of this study was to examine the utility of clinical records of psychiatrically hospitalized youth for predicting critical incidents during treatment. Intake data from inpatients (N = 484, mean age = 14 years) in a secure psychiatric facility were coded for the presence of theoretically based individual and contextual risk factor information and analyzed prospectively to predict youths' involvement in incidents of seclusion and restraint. Findings indicated that whereas several individual and contextual risk factors accounted for the likelihood of a youth becoming involved in seclusion or restraint, only histories of various types of aggression, number of prior residential placements and body mass index could predict the extent of this involvement. The implications of these findings with respect to ecologically valid research and empirically informed practice with high-risk youth are discussed

Aggression · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Risk factor · Seclusion · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology

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