[The biopsychosocial profile of juvenile delinquents referred to a mental health clinic].

This study consists of a record review of the juvenile delinquents admitted to a state child and adolescent mental health clinic in Puerto Rico during 1987. The review was done using as reference models the basic findings of other researchers in Puerto Rico and the United States and mainly of those of Dorothy Lewis. The purpose of the study was to describe the bio-psychosocial profile of the juvenile delinquents admitted to this clinic. Multiple characteristics were found that described the juvenile delinquents and also were found a significant number of these youngsters that did not continue on treatment. Some recommendations were discussed in order to do an early identification of the high risk youngsters.