| NCJ Number: |
184168  |
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| Title: |
Mental Health and Incarcerated Youth. II: Service Utilization |
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| Journal: |
Journal of Child and Family Studies Volume:8 Issue:2 Dated:June 1999 Pages:205-215 |
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| Author(s): |
Andres J. Pumariega M.D.; D. Lanette Atkins M.D.; Kenneth Rogers M.D.; Larry Montgomery M.D.; Cheryl Nybro Ph.D.; Robert Caesar Ph.D.; Donald Millus B.S. |
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| Date Published: |
June 1999 |
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| Page Count: |
11 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Fullerton Foundation
Gaffney, SC |
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| Type: |
Report (Study/Research) |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
This study examined the level of prior service use by
incarcerated youth compared with youth receiving community mental
health services.
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| Abstract: |
Researchers randomly recruited youths from middle South Carolina
served by a local community mental health center (CMHC; n=60),
hospitalized in the State adolescent inpatient program (n=50),
and incarcerated in State juvenile justice facilities (n=75). The
study used a services history to evaluate episodes of prior use
of mental health, social service, educational, residential, and
volunteer services, as well as the Diagnostic Interview Schedule
for Children, youth version 2.3 (DISC 2.3) to evaluate DSM-III-R
diagnoses and symptoms and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
and Youth Self-Report (YSR) to evaluate behavioral
symptomatology. Incarcerated, hospitalized, and CMHC youth used
similar levels of educational services and social services.
Incarcerated youth had a significantly lower lifetime use of
outpatient and acute mental health services and significantly
higher use of out-of-home residential services than the other
groups. These service use variables, along with gender and age,
significantly distinguish incarcerated youth from the clinical
groups, with clinical variables not serving to significantly
distinguish them. These results show the need to develop programs
to prevent the entry of mentally ill/emotionally disturbed youth
into the juvenile justice system. Youth who are at risk for
incarceration may benefit from intensive mental health services
to prevent out-of-home placement and later incarceration. 4
tables and 30 references
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| Main Term(s): |
Juvenile mental health services |
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| Index Term(s): |
Community-based corrections (juvenile); Comparative analysis; Emotional disorders; Juvenile inmates; Mental disorders |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=184168 |
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