Gang Membership: Links to Violence Exposure, Paranoia, PTSD, Anxiety ...
This study, using established measures, assessed street gang and nongang prisoners' levels of violence exposure, symptoms of PTSD, paranoia, and anxiety, forced behavioral control, and …
Posttraumatic Distress and Treatment Barriers Among Former Gang …
Limited research has examined the links among violent victimization, mental health, and service utilization among gang-involved individuals. This mixed-methods preliminary study examined …
High Rates of Mental Illness Associated With Gang Membership
2013年8月8日 · Results show a marked gradient with psychiatric morbidity and service use infrequent among nonviolent men but increasing progressively from violent nonmembers to …
Gang Membership, Violence, and Psychiatric Morbidity
2013年9月1日 · Gang members engage in many high-risk activities associated with psychiatric morbidity, particularly violence-related ones. The authors investigated associations between …
Trauma in the Lives of Gang-Involved Youth
Gang-involved youth experience symptoms of PTSD at over twice the rate of other youth. For such youth, gangs may appear to offer safety, a sense of acceptance because of problem …
Polytraumatization, Mental Health, and Delinquency Among …
Adolescent gang members are at high risk for polytraumatization (i.e., experiencing two or more types of trauma), which may contribute to behavioral problems, such as delinquency or drug …
Patients or perpetrators? The effects of trauma exposure on gang …
2016年6月13日 · It is clear from this review that gang members’ involvement in violence (as victims and perpetrators) is likely to have a negative impact on their behavioral, social and …
Childhood adversity and the continued exposure to trauma and …
This study examines experiences of childhood adversity, trauma, and violence among adolescent gang members prior to and during adolescent gang involvement to better understand the …
“Harm as Harm”: Gang Membership, Perpetration Trauma, and Posttraumatic ...
2015年10月5日 · This study investigated PT, trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and gang membership in a sample of 660 youth (484 boys, 176 girls) recruited from a …
PTSD as a Risk Factor for Chronic Gang Membership During Adolescence ...
2020年7月26日 · Meeting lifetime criteria for PTSD at baseline predicted membership to a trajectory group characterized by chronic gang membership. Results indicate that screening …