PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carl P. Malmquist
TI  - Depression in Homicidal Adolescents
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 23--36
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/23.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/23.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1990 Mar 01; 18
AB  - The problem of adolescents who commit homicides is of increasing concern in its own right, as well as from the possibility of their facing execution. In this study, a psychiatric and psychological assessment was aimed at screening out a group of juveniles who were being considered for certification to adult court in terms of depressive symptomatology. Within a group of 213, 30 males and 14 females were assessed as depressed by clinical history, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI) and the Beck Depressive Inventory (BDI). Empirical and psychosocial data attempted to differentiate significant developmental components related to the homicides, as well as differences between the 30 males and 14 females. Although the problem of predicting such behavior from descriptive characteristics remains elusive, certain patterns were present among diverse homicidal behaviors. In conclusion, some psychodynamic hypotheses are offered.