SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CHILDHOOD MAY PREDICT FUTURE YOUTH VIOLENCE

Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency: "Among the other factors that predicted violence in teens and adults were: gender, with males much more likely to commit criminal violence; a history of earlier violent behavior; and association with delinquent peers. Family strife or depression also played a role in predicting future violence, Boots said.

Previous studies have found children with depressed parents were almost three times more likely to develop mental illness than young people with healthy parents. Other research has reported more than half of the violent and homicidal youths said they have at least one close family member with a psychiatric condition."

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