Objectives: Explain misconceptions regarding mental illness and criminality. Discuss the
evidence that describes the frequency of untoward criminal events in psychiatric patients …

In 1939, the Penrose hypothesis suggested that the number of psychiatric hospital beds was
inversely related to the size of prison populations. Central to a causal interpretation of the …

Introducción: El consumo de alcohol es particularmente alto en América Latina y el Caribe.
Los estudios en Perú sobre prevención y consumo de drogas en estudiantes de educación …

Purpose This article presents a systematic review of culturally adapted interventions
targeting substance use disorders among underrepresented adolescents. Method The …

Street adolescents are exposed to many high‐risk behaviours such as drug abuse, risky
sexual activity, violence and suicide. This issue is a challenge and concern in the health …

La literatura sobre la relación entre los rasgos de personalidad y el consumo de alcohol
presenta una serie de inconsistencias, debido a que no se sabe si son causas o …

Childhood maltreatment and mental health problems are common among young people
placed out-of-home. However, evidence on the impact of maltreatment on the course of …

Anger is considered integral for motivating youths' criminal activity. To assess how anger
and its features (fuse and duration) are associated with youths' patterns of violence and …

Background Substance use disorders (SUD) represent one of the most important public
health problems which has an onset in adolescence. Although substantial data exist on …

Este trabalho analisou os comportamentos aditivos e as dependências (CAD) dos
adolescentes, bem como a perceção dos mesmos relativamente ao impacto que tais …