title: What treatments do we have for children and adolescents who have killed?
abstract: This article examines the limited literature available on the treatment of homicidal children and adolescents. Various methods of treatment for this population are reviewed including psychotherapy, psychiatric hospitalization, institutional placement, and psychopharmacologic agents. The body of research on homicidal youths is progressing very slowly, and definitive treatments and prognostic data in this heterogeneous population are for the most part lacking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JHMHC University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs