Temporal relationships between incarceration and mental disorders among justice-involved adolescents: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: ObjectivesTo determine bidirectional relationships between incarceration and mental disorders. We hypothesized that (1) pre-existing mental disorders would be associated with increased incarceration risk, and (2) incarceration would be associated with increased incident mental disorder diagnosis risk in adolescents without prior psychiatric diagnosis.MethodThis retrospective cohort study included 1551 adolescents (aged 10-17 years) from four New South Wales (NSW) health surveys linked to justice and health records. Modified Poisson regression examined associations between pre-existing mental disorders and incarceration. Prentice-Williams-Peterson Total-Time models examined associations between time-varying incarceration exposure and incident mental disorder diagnoses among those without pr

SUBMITTER: Akpanekpo EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12819891 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature