Table 3.
Prevalence of age-18 psychiatric disorders according to adolescent violence exposure
| Adolescent violence exposure | N | Any psychiatric disorder present n (%) |
Externalising disorder present n (%) |
Internalising disorder present n (%) |
Thought disorder present n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonea | 923 | 325 (35.5) | 201 (21.9) | 194 (21.1) | 14 (1.5) |
| Personal severe physical violence only | 230 | 160 (69.6) | 126 (55.0) | 104 (45.2) | 10 (4.3) |
| Neighbourhood disorder only | 583 | 252 (43.6) | 147 (25.3) | 142 (24.6) | 14 (2.4) |
| Bothb | 258 | 198 (77.0) | 156 (60.7) | 120 (47.4) | 19 (7.4) |
aIncludes adolescents with no exposure to either personal severe physical violence or high neighbourhood disorder during adolescence
bIncludes adolescents with exposure to both personal severe physical violence and high neighbourhood disorder