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Psychiatric Disorders in Youth in Juvenile Detention
Publication year:
2002
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Due to the scarcity of consistent empirical studies concerning juvenile detainee epidemiology, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Ver. 2.3 was utilized with a sample of 1829 youth, in order to determine how best to use limited mental health services. This article is comprised of the following sections: abstract; introduction; methods; results; and comment -- limitations, future research, and implications for mental health policy. "Substantial psychiatric morbidity" was found in 60% of the male and 66% of the female youth. An abstract can be found at the URL noted below.