Psychoneurotic disturbance and drug-taking in Borstal boys.
Their own accounts of their use of drugs, together with a detailed description of psychiatric history and present mental state, were obtained from a sample of institutionalized delinquents, Subjects reporting extensive involvement in drug abuse were found to be disturbed on a number of psychiatric variables; however, those reporting some limited abuse were less disturbed than subjects reporting no experience of drug taking. The results and their implications are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*