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Mental Health and Substance Use in the Juvenile Justice Population of North Carolina

Author(s) -

Peter Kuhns

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.80.6.367

Subject(s) - legislation , mental health , juvenile , economic justice , substance use , population , environmental health , juvenile delinquency , psychiatry , criminology , adverse childhood experiences , psychology , medicine , political science , law , biology , genetics

This article will describe the mental health/substance use issues of justice-involved youth, highlight the role that trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have in the development of these issues, discuss what services are offered at the highest levels of confinement, identify the service gaps and needs for this vulnerable population, and briefly examine the anticipated effects of the upcoming North Carolina Raise the Age legislation.

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