Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders at Juvenile Probation Intake
Gail A. Wasserman, PhD,
Larkin S. McReynolds, PhD,
Susan J. Ko, PhD,
Laura M. Katz, MPH and
Jennifer R. Carpenter, MA
Gail A. Wasserman and Larkin S. McReynolds are with the Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York. Susan J. Ko is with the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at the University of California, Los Angeles. Laura M. Katz is with The Analytica Group, Inc, New York. Jennifer R. Carpenter is with the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Austin.
FIGURE 1——Interaction between gender and violent offense in predicting DISC diagnostic clusterafor (a) anxiety disorder, (b) disruptive behavior disorder, and (c) substance use disorder.
Note. DISC = Voice Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children.
aExponentiated sum of unstandarized beta coefficients controlling for age, ethnicity, residence with close relative, age at first referral, and number of prior referrals.
