Neurotic disorders

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• Maleremand • Malesentenced ,_,i_ Femalesentenced
for women aged 16-19, in this survey the
twice aslikelyto havefatigue, depressiveideas and
prevalence ranged from 52% of male sentenced
problems with concentration and forgetfulness
young offendersup to 60% of male remand young than male sentenced young offenders.
offenders. This difference is likelyto be due to the (Figure5.2, Table5.1)
conditions in which the young offenders are living,
with shared cells,noise and a generallylower levelof
comfortand daytimeactivitythan generally 5.3 Distributionof ClS-R scores
availablein households.
The overall CIS-R scores of young Offenderswere
For depression the increasein prevalence was even considerably higher than those found in the general
greater. In the household survey the prevalence of population. The proportion in the different sample
symptoms of depression among those aged 16-19 groups scoring at or abovethe threshold of 12ranged
) was found to be 6%for men and 11% forwomen. In from 41%to 67%,comparedwith 11%of those aged
this survey the prevalenceamong men was 51%for 16-19 in the ONS (OPCS) survey of adultslivingin
remand and 36%for sentenced young offefiders, privatehouseholds (Mdtzer et al, !995a).
while for women it was 51% for sentenced young
offenders.
Remand young offenders had higher total CIS-R
scores than their sentenced counterparts: 52%of
Male remand young offenders were generally more the male remand young offenders in the sample
likelyto have each neurotic symptom than their had scores on or above the threshold, compared
sentenced counterparts although the differences with 41% of the male sentenced young offenders.
were not alwaysstatisticallysignificant. The greatest
disparity between men on remand compared with These figures also show that women had generally
sentenced was for depression and depressiveideas, higher CIS-R scores than men in both groups, a
pattern consistent with that found in the household
Generally,women young offenderswere more likely survey in which 16%of womencompared with 6%
to report neurotic symptoms than men. For
of men aged 16-_19scored above the threshold of
example, femalesentenced young offenders were 12. (Figure5.3, Table5.2)
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