This study examined the importance of genetic and environmental influence for stability psychopathic personality between mid- late adolescence. The target sample consisted all 1,480 male female twin pairs born in Sweden 1985 1986. Psychopathic was measured with Youth Traits Inventory (YPI; H. Andershed, M. Kerr, Stattin, & S. Levander, 2002) when participants were 16 19 years old. Results showed that 3 dimensions stable at different levels analysis linked to a higher order general factor...

Background Associations between child maltreatment and adult violence, often termed the ‘cycle of violence’, are well documented. However, nature such links after appropriate control for confounding remains uncertain. We aimed to determine whether causes violent offending or suggested due genetic family environment confounding. Method A total 18 083 20- 47-year-old twins from Swedish population-based Study Twin Adults: Genes Environment (STAGE) participated. linked information on...

Background: Antisocial behaviour may partly develop as a consequence of psychopathic personality. However, neither the direction effects nor aetiology association has previously been clarified. The aim in this study was to investigate between personality and antisocial behaviour, genetic environmental contribution association. Method: Twins ( n = 2,255) Swedish Twin Study Child Adolescent Development were prospectively followed from adolescence adulthood. We used longitudinal cross‐lagged...

Objectives. To determine the influences of victimization experience and familial factors on association between sexual minority status psychological health outcomes among adolescents. Methods. We used data from Child Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden, a prospective, population-based study all twins born Sweden since 1992. Cross-sectional analyses included individuals who completed assessments at age 18 years (n = 4898) 2000 to 2013. also compared adolescents their nonminority co-twins....

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate outcomes child psychiatric outpatient treatment as usual and identify outcome predictors, with special regard attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ), mood disorder, obsessive‐compulsive conduct disorder. Method Routinely collected data from 12 613 outpatients between July 2006 January 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden were analysed. measure change Children's Global Assessment Scale CGAS ) ratings first visit case closure (∆ ). Results...

Abstract Introduction Drug courts are criminal justice programs to divert people with substance use disorders from incarceration into treatment. have become increasingly popular in the US and other countries. However, their effectiveness reducing important public health outcomes such as recidivism substance-related harms remains ambiguous contested. We used nationwide register data Sweden evaluate of contract treatment sanction, Swedish version drug court, misuse, adverse somatic mental...

The diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD), according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, is based only on adult symptomatology depression not adapted for age gender. This may contribute low diagnostic specificity validity adolescent MDD. In this study, we investigated whether latent classes symptoms associated with depressed mood could be identified in a sample adolescents seeking psychiatric care, regardless traditionally defined categories.Self-reports...

This study tested if persistent externalizing behaviour and symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in childhood are associated with personality behavioural aspects the psychopathic constellation adolescence. The target sample consisted all 1,480 twin pairs born Sweden between 1985 1986. Parent‐reported ADHD were obtained when participants 8–9 13–14 years old. Personality measured self‐report questionnaires 16–17 Persistent was both antisocial However, within twin‐pair...

Abstract Background Aggression replacement training (ART) is a widely used cognitive behavioural intervention for reducing aggression‐related recidivism among criminal offenders. Its effectiveness in offending, however, remains uncertain. Aim To examine the effect of ART on adult offenders' rates. Method We compared 1,124 convicted offenders who began Swedish Prison and Probation Services 2003–2009 with 3,372 system at same time did not participate ART. Linkage nationwide, longitudinal...

Objectives To examine differences in recidivism rates between different prisons using two designs—between-individual and within-individual—to account for confounding factors. Methods We examined among 37,891 individuals released from 44 Swedish three security levels, who were followed 2006 to 2013. used longitudinal data nationwide registers, including all convictions district courts. First, we applied a between-individual design (Cox proportional hazards regression), comparing reconviction...

OBJECTIVE—To determine the diabetes- and obesity-related risks for surgically managed stress urinary incontinence pelvic organ prolapse. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This twin cohort study used Swedish Twin Register to identify 8,443 female pairs born from 1926 through 1958. The association between diabetes floor surgery was estimated while taking into account correlated (twin) structure of data. RESULTS—For type 1 2 diabetes, no significant associations were observed (odds ratio [OR] 1.0...