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Delinquent behavior

MedGen UID:
452589
•Concept ID:
C0522174
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Delinquency
SNOMED CT: Delinquent behavior (102906002); Delinquency (102906002)

Definition

An act by a minor that is punishable by law. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The effectiveness of PTSD treatment for adolescents in the juvenile justice system: A systematic review.
Baetz CL, Branson CE, Weinberger E, Rose RE, Petkova E, Horwitz SM, Hoagwood KE
Psychol Trauma 2022 May;14(4):642-652. Epub 2021 Aug 19 doi: 10.1037/tra0001073. PMID: 34410809
Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder.
Steiner H, Remsing L; Work Group on Quality Issues
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2007 Jan;46(1):126-141. doi: 10.1097/01.chi.0000246060.62706.af. PMID: 17195736
Identification of high-risk behaviors among victimized adolescents and implications for empirically supported psychosocial treatment.
Danielson CK, de Arellano MA, Ehrenreich JT, Suárez LM, Bennett SM, Cheron DM, Goldstein CR, Jakle KR, Landon TM, Trosper SE
J Psychiatr Pract 2006 Nov;12(6):364-83. doi: 10.1097/00131746-200611000-00004. PMID: 17122697

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Developmental Trajectories of Delinquent and Aggressive Behavior: Evidence for Differential Heritability.
Isen J, Tuvblad C, Younan D, Ericson M, Raine A, Baker LA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2022 Apr;53(2):199-211. Epub 2021 Jan 15 doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01119-w. PMID: 33449264Free PMC Article
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), antisociality and delinquent behavior over the lifespan.
Retz W, Ginsberg Y, Turner D, Barra S, Retz-Junginger P, Larsson H, Asherson P
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021 Jan;120:236-248. Epub 2020 Nov 30 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.025. PMID: 33271164
Predicting Sexual Recidivism.
Ozkan T, Clipper SJ, Piquero AR, Baglivio M, Wolff K
Sex Abuse 2020 Jun;32(4):375-399. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/1079063219852944. PMID: 31169067
Development and etiology of disruptive and delinquent behavior.
Loeber R, Burke JD, Pardini DA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2009;5:291-310. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153631. PMID: 19154139
Depression in children.
Dolgan JI
Pediatr Ann 1990 Jan;19(1):45-50. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19900101-08. PMID: 2405339

Diagnosis

Predicting delinquent behavior in young adults with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD: results from the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment (CAMT) Study.
Breuer D, von Wirth E, Mandler J, Schürmann S, Döpfner M
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022 Apr;31(4):553-564. Epub 2020 Dec 4 doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01698-y. PMID: 33277675Free PMC Article
Predicting Sexual Recidivism.
Ozkan T, Clipper SJ, Piquero AR, Baglivio M, Wolff K
Sex Abuse 2020 Jun;32(4):375-399. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/1079063219852944. PMID: 31169067
Delinquent behavior and emerging substance use in the MTA at 36 months: prevalence, course, and treatment effects.
Molina BSG, Flory K, Hinshaw SP, Greiner AR, Arnold LE, Swanson JM, Hechtman L, Jensen PS, Vitiello B, Hoza B, Pelham WE, Elliott GR, Wells KC, Abikoff HB, Gibbons RD, Marcus S, Conners CK, Epstein JN, Greenhill LL, March JS, Newcorn JH, Severe JB, Wigal T
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2007 Aug;46(8):1028-1040. doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e3180686d96. PMID: 17667481
Depression in children.
Dolgan JI
Pediatr Ann 1990 Jan;19(1):45-50. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19900101-08. PMID: 2405339
Symposium on behavioral pediatrics. Juvenile delinquency.
Weiner IB
Pediatr Clin North Am 1975 Aug;22(3):673-84. PMID: 1101179

Therapy

Longitudinal trajectories of prescription opioid misuse in adolescents.
Kelley-Quon LI, Cho J, Barrington-Trimis J, Kipke MD, Clapp JD, Krueger EA, Leventhal AM
Drug Alcohol Depend 2022 Jul 1;236:109470. Epub 2022 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109470. PMID: 35504242Free PMC Article
Predicting Sexual Recidivism.
Ozkan T, Clipper SJ, Piquero AR, Baglivio M, Wolff K
Sex Abuse 2020 Jun;32(4):375-399. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/1079063219852944. PMID: 31169067
The search for relevant outcome measures for cost-utility analysis of systemic family interventions in adolescents with substance use disorder and delinquent behavior: a systematic literature review.
Schawo S, Bouwmans C, van der Schee E, Hendriks V, Brouwer W, Hakkaart L
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2017 Sep 19;15(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0722-9. PMID: 28927410Free PMC Article
Substance exposure in utero and developmental consequences in adolescence: a systematic review.
Irner TB
Child Neuropsychol 2012;18(6):521-49. Epub 2011 Nov 25 doi: 10.1080/09297049.2011.628309. PMID: 22114955
Delinquent behavior and emerging substance use in the MTA at 36 months: prevalence, course, and treatment effects.
Molina BSG, Flory K, Hinshaw SP, Greiner AR, Arnold LE, Swanson JM, Hechtman L, Jensen PS, Vitiello B, Hoza B, Pelham WE, Elliott GR, Wells KC, Abikoff HB, Gibbons RD, Marcus S, Conners CK, Epstein JN, Greenhill LL, March JS, Newcorn JH, Severe JB, Wigal T
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2007 Aug;46(8):1028-1040. doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e3180686d96. PMID: 17667481

Prognosis

Materialism, Egocentrism and Delinquent Behavior in Chinese Adolescents in Mainland China: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study.
Shek DTL, Dou D, Zhu X, Li X, Tan L
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Apr 18;19(8) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084912. PMID: 35457779Free PMC Article
Developmental Trajectories of Delinquent and Aggressive Behavior: Evidence for Differential Heritability.
Isen J, Tuvblad C, Younan D, Ericson M, Raine A, Baker LA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2022 Apr;53(2):199-211. Epub 2021 Jan 15 doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01119-w. PMID: 33449264Free PMC Article
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), antisociality and delinquent behavior over the lifespan.
Retz W, Ginsberg Y, Turner D, Barra S, Retz-Junginger P, Larsson H, Asherson P
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021 Jan;120:236-248. Epub 2020 Nov 30 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.025. PMID: 33271164
Predicting Sexual Recidivism.
Ozkan T, Clipper SJ, Piquero AR, Baglivio M, Wolff K
Sex Abuse 2020 Jun;32(4):375-399. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/1079063219852944. PMID: 31169067
Development and etiology of disruptive and delinquent behavior.
Loeber R, Burke JD, Pardini DA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2009;5:291-310. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153631. PMID: 19154139

Clinical prediction guides

Materialism, Egocentrism and Delinquent Behavior in Chinese Adolescents in Mainland China: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study.
Shek DTL, Dou D, Zhu X, Li X, Tan L
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Apr 18;19(8) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084912. PMID: 35457779Free PMC Article
Association of atopic dermatitis with delinquent behaviors in US children and adolescents.
Manjunath J, Silverberg NB, Silverberg JI
Arch Dermatol Res 2022 Dec;314(10):975-982. Epub 2022 Jan 10 doi: 10.1007/s00403-021-02314-y. PMID: 35001169
Predicting Sexual Recidivism.
Ozkan T, Clipper SJ, Piquero AR, Baglivio M, Wolff K
Sex Abuse 2020 Jun;32(4):375-399. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/1079063219852944. PMID: 31169067
Substance exposure in utero and developmental consequences in adolescence: a systematic review.
Irner TB
Child Neuropsychol 2012;18(6):521-49. Epub 2011 Nov 25 doi: 10.1080/09297049.2011.628309. PMID: 22114955
Development and etiology of disruptive and delinquent behavior.
Loeber R, Burke JD, Pardini DA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2009;5:291-310. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153631. PMID: 19154139

Recent systematic reviews

Relation between basal cortisol and reactivity cortisol with externalizing problems: A systematic review(✰).
Figueiredo P, Ramião E, Azeredo A, Moreira D, Barroso R, Barbosa F
Physiol Behav 2020 Oct 15;225:113088. Epub 2020 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113088. PMID: 32707158
Delinquent Behavior: Systematic Review of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors.
Azeredo A, Moreira D, Figueiredo P, Barbosa F
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 2019 Dec;22(4):502-526. doi: 10.1007/s10567-019-00298-w. PMID: 31367800
The antecedents and consequences of adolescent fatherhood: A systematic review.
Bamishigbin ON Jr, Dunkel Schetter C, Stanton AL
Soc Sci Med 2019 Jul;232:106-119. Epub 2019 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.031. PMID: 31075751
The search for relevant outcome measures for cost-utility analysis of systemic family interventions in adolescents with substance use disorder and delinquent behavior: a systematic literature review.
Schawo S, Bouwmans C, van der Schee E, Hendriks V, Brouwer W, Hakkaart L
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2017 Sep 19;15(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0722-9. PMID: 28927410Free PMC Article
Substance exposure in utero and developmental consequences in adolescence: a systematic review.
Irner TB
Child Neuropsychol 2012;18(6):521-49. Epub 2011 Nov 25 doi: 10.1080/09297049.2011.628309. PMID: 22114955

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