Table 2 Number (percentage) of female and male young people with different psychiatric diagnoses placed in Mental Health, Welfare and Youth Justice System legislative frameworks
| Psychiatric Diagnosis | ||||||||||||
| Any diagnosis | Three or more diagnoses | Any major NDD | ||||||||||
|
Females (n = 214) |
Males (n = 372) |
Females (n = 42) |
Males (n = 72) |
Females (n = 72) |
Males (n = 214) | |||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| Mental health | 184 (86.0) | 89 (23.9)*** | 39 (92.9) | 37 (51.4)*** | 62 (86.1) | 57 (26.6)*** | ||||||
| Welfare | 18 (8.4) | 12 (3.2)** | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.2) | 6 (8.3) | 10 (4.7) | ||||||
| Youth Justice System | 12 (5.6) | 271 (72.8)*** | 3 (7.1) | 32 (44.4)*** | 4 (5.6) | 147 (68.7)*** | ||||||
| Primary Diagnosis | ||||||||||||
| Psychosis | Emotional Dysregulation | Depression | Learning Disability | ASC | ADHD | |||||||
|
Females (n = 38) |
Males (n = 58) |
Females (n = 81) |
Males (n = 31) |
Females (n = 43) |
Males (n = 50) |
Females (n = 17) |
Males (n = 38) |
Females (n = 11) |
Males (n = 36) |
Females (n = 3) |
Males (n = 97) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Mental health | 37 (97.4) | 42 (72.4)** | 70 (86.4) | 7 (22.6)*** | 38 (88.4) | 9 (18.0)*** | 13 (76.5) | 19 (50.0) | 10 (90.9) | 7 (19.4)*** | 1 (33.3) | 2 (2.1) |
| Welfare | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (9.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 1 (2.0) | 3 (17.6) | 0 (0.0)* | 1 (9.1) | 1 (2.8) | 2 (66.7) | 8 (8.2)* |
| Youth Justice System | 1 (2.6) | 16 (27.6)** | 3 (3.7) | 24 (77.4)*** | 4 (9.3) | 40 (80.0)*** | 1 (5.9) | 19 (50.0)** | 0 (0.0) | 28 (77.8)*** | 0 (0.0) | 87 (89.7)** |