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Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "[I]nformation about the most effective instruments to use to screen and assess for mental health and substance use disorders among youth at various points in the juvenile justice system" is provided (p. 1). Sections of this brief include: background; what screening and assessment are; when screening and assessment occur; what screening and assessment are for; who screening and assessment are for; the context for screening and assessment; a review of screening and assessment instruments; summary criteria for selecting instruments; and summary and recommendations.