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Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Resource Guide for Practitioners

Publication year: 2004 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "This Resource Guide provides clinicians and other professionals working with youth in the juvenile justice system with a range of best practice information that will assist in better identifying youth with mental health disorders, thus ultimately improving their treatment" (p. 1). Five chapters comprise this manual: the role of screening and assessment in juvenile justice; selecting screening and assessment instruments; menu of screening and assessment instruments; "best practice" solutions; and final thoughts and recommendations.
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