Mental health care in juvenile detention facilities: a review.

Full Abstract

Juvenile detention facilities have come under increasing legal pressure to provide mental health services to detainees, and mental health clinicians may be asked to design and implement programs in detention facilities. However, there is little consensus on what types of services should be provided, and virtually no data on the effectiveness of such services in a detention setting. The objective of this article is to provide an overview of the existing literature on mental health services in juvenile detention and to make suggestions about future research needs. Specifically, it highlights the tension surrounding the provision of mental health care in juvenile detention, presents data on the prevalence of psychiatric problems in detention settings and what types of services are currently provided, and draws on the larger child and adolescent mental health literature to suggest what types of services might be most appropriate for juvenile detention settings. We conclude that, although there are some suggestions of promising interventions that may be appropriate, much more research, specifically in detention settings, is needed to determine their effectiveness.

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Author information

Author/s: Desai, Rani A (RA); Goulet, Joseph L (JL); Robbins, Judith (J); Chapman, John F (JF); Migdole, Scott J (SJ); Hoge, Michael A (MA);

Affiliation: Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. rani.desai(-atsign-)yale.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (J Am Acad Psychiatry Law), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 34 (issue 2) : pp 204-14

Dates: Created 2006/07/17; Completed 2006/12/13; Revised 2007/03/19;

PMID: 16844801, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentIn: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2006;34(4):570-1; author reply 571. (PMID: 17185489)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Cognitive Therapy
Health Services Accessibility - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency - legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data
Mental Disorders - drug therapy; therapy

Mental Disorders - drug therapy; therapy
Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration
Prevalence
Prisons - legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
United States

Associated Chemicals: Psychotropic Drugs (0)

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