Art therapy is a recognized primary or adjunctive treatment modality that traces its modern roots to the mid-twentieth century. However, art therapy has its origins, at least, in the 1840s. William A. F. Browne, the first medical superintendent of Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1839, was a reformer. He was part of a larger…

Describes study examining admissions to adolescent psychiatry inpatient units. Seven diagnostic groups accounted for 90% of admissions. Treatment programs included external resources and agencies. 67 percent of admissions led to "completed treatment." Suggests type of diagnosis, not reliance upon elective admissions, reduced likelihood…

Tested the hypothesis that intelligence is related to the risk of mental illness by linking childhood mental ability data to registers of psychiatric contact in a stable population of 4,199 adults in Scotland. Findings show intelligence to be an independent predictor of psychiatric contact, with each standard deviation decrease in IQ resulting in…

Four boys ages 7 to 9 years, who were identified at birth as having an XYY sex chromosome constitution, were studied in order to examine the thesis that XYY karyotype creates a predisposition to violent or antisocial childhood behavior. Results gave no support to this thesis, but reveal an unexpected shift towards a depression reaction to…

This study compares children referred for psychiatric reports by the Scottish Children's Hearings with other children known to the reporter (an official) and with anti-social children referred to psychiatrists from other sources. (CM)