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- Title
Adolescent Violence in the Home Among Youth Presenting to an Early Psychosis Service: An Exploration of Contributing Factors.
- Authors
Whitehead, Richard; Hopkins, Liza; Dight, Sophie; Kennard, Megan; McGrath, Billie
- Abstract
Adolescent violence in the home is a growing public health issue and remains under reported and under-researched. The focus of the present research is to investigate factors that may contribute to adolescent violence in the home, among acohort of young people with co-occurring early psychosis. Data relates to 50 young people (16 females, 33 males, 1 nonbinary) aged from 16-25 who were clients at a youth early psychosis service in Melbourne, Australia. Results from a discriminant function analysis revealed the two major contributing factors to whether someone used violence in the home, were whether a young person had a coexisting neurodevelopmental or intellectual disability and whether they used violence outside the home. The findings provide preliminary evidence that engaging in violence outside the home and the presence of a neurodevelopmental or intellectual disability may make it more likely for young people with early psychosis to use violence in the home.
- Subjects
VICTORIA; RISK assessment; CHILD psychopathology; MENTAL health; MENTAL health services; DOMESTIC violence; PSYCHOSES
- Publication
Community Mental Health Journal, 2024, Vol 60, Issue 6, p1171
- ISSN
0010-3853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10597-024-01268-5