Psychiatric Disorders in Youth in Juvenile Detention

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Authors

Linda A. Teplin · Northwestern University

Karen M. Abram · Northwestern University

Gary M. McClelland · Northwestern University

Mina K. Dulcan · Northwestern University

Abstract

These results suggest substantial psychiatric morbidity among juvenile detainees. Youth with psychiatric disorders pose a challenge for the juvenile justice system and, after their release, for the larger mental health system.

Topics & Keywords

Homelessness and Social Issues Migration, Health and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 59, Issue 12, pp. 1133-1133

DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.59.12.1133

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