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Patterns of Treatment Services and Costs for Young Offenders with Mental Disorders
Author(s) -
Shelton Deborah
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2005.00013.x
Subject(s) - mental health , juvenile , juvenile delinquency , economic justice , mental health service , service (business) , psychiatry , psychology , race (biology) , service delivery framework , sample (material) , type of service , medicine , clinical psychology , business , political science , chemistry , genetics , botany , chromatography , marketing , law , biology
PROBLEM: This study describes mental health treatment service delivery patterns and costs for youth in a juvenile justice system.METHODS: A secondary data analysis on a random sample of juvenile offenders ( N = 312) was completed. Service patterns and costs were described. Selected variables were examined for their ability to predict who received treatment. FINDINGS: Only 23% of youth diagnosed with a mental disorder received any treatment. Older youth and African American youth received fewer services, and race was the only significant predictor for receiving treatment ( p = .001). CONCLUSIONS: Mental health treatment services were scarce, and the data reflects a race bias in the provision of services. Although the law protects the right to treatment for these individuals, provision of services remains a challenge.