ArticleJournal of child and family studies2015
Prevalence of mental health problems and service use among first-time juvenile offenders.
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- Language disorder and internalizing mental health problems in youth offenders: A systematic review.International journal of language & communication disorders · 2022Pooled it
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- A review of youth mental health in the U.S.: the current landscape, youth perspectives, and strategies for equitable solutions.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
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- Breaking the cycle: connecting youth under community supervision to effective behavioral health services.Health & justice · 2025Review
- Prevalence of mental disorders among young males in Swedish compulsory residential care.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Contextual determinants of family-driven care implementation in juvenile justice settings.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Inequities in Mental Health Services: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth in the Justice System.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Article
- A mixed methods evaluation of family-driven care implementation in juvenile justice agencies in Georgia.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Offending behaviour and mental ill-health among young people: Reducing recidivism requires integration with youth mental health care.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Revisiting relationships between developmental trauma and violence.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The association between caregiver psychiatric distress and perceived barriers to behavioral health treatment participation for youth in the juvenile legal system.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2024Article
- Oppositional defiant disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- Psychiatric and Substance-Related Problems Predict Recidivism for First-Time Justice-Involved Youth.The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2023Article
- Impact of implementation interventions to improve substance use service delivery on recidivism among justice-involved youth.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Peer, substance use, and race-related factors associated with recidivism among first-time justice-involved youth.Law and human behavior · 2022Article
- Associations between non-suicidal self-injury and negative romantic relationship life events in male justice-involved adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Continuity of Psychiatric Disorders in a 15-Year Longitudinal Study of Youths Involved in the Juvenile Justice System.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
It is known that youth engaged in the juvenile justice system show high rates of psychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the course of those disorders over time, or about mental health service use on the part of children and families during justice system involvement. Boys and girls recruited from their first contact with juvenile court (n=75), at a mean age of 13.6 years, completed three waves of interviews, each consisting of a structured clinical interview and questionnaires regarding service use, family functioning, parental burden, parental psychopathology. High rates of psychiatric disorders were evident. Three quarters (n = 56) met criteria for a mood, anxiety or behavioral disorder by parent or child report. Despite the high prevalence of mental health concerns, relatively few youth (approximately 20%) were involved in mental health services in follow-up waves. The presence of ODD and higher levels of family communication problems were associated with involvement in mental health services. Although parents experienced burden associated with their child's mental health problems, burden was not a strong correlate of help-seeking. Mental health problems declined from the point of initial involvement with juvenile justice; only ODD symptoms showed stability over time. Low rates of engagement in mental health services are found for juveniles subsequent to their first contact with juvenile justice. ODD and family communication problems most influenced service engagement, while burden due to mental health problems did not. The results provide potential targets for efforts to enhance parental motivation towards service engagement.
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