The hospitalized adolescent's family milieu constitutes a large part of his pre-hospital environment. 27 boys and 12 girls in a state mental hospital and their parents were given a structured interview. Although the boys' behavior was more overt, the girls had a home environment marked by stricter rules, more parent-adolescent antagonism, less communication and a greater family stress.
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