Screening Incarcerated Juveniles Using the MAYSI-2
| Autor: | Janelle M. Hallman, Lee A. Underwood, Amy L. Gilbert, Todd L. Grande |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Suicidal Ideation Injury prevention medicine Juvenile delinquency Humans Mass Screening Juvenile Psychiatry Community and Home Care business.industry Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Human factors and ergonomics Mental health Prisons Juvenile Delinquency Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Correctional Health Care. 21:35-44 |
| ISSN: | 1940-5200 1078-3458 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1078345814557788 |
| Popis: | The high prevalence of mental health disorders among incarcerated juveniles is a matter of national and global concern. Juvenile justice personnel need accurate screening measures that identify youth requiring immediate mental health services. The purpose of this study was threefold: (a) to examine the utility of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument, Version 2 (MAYSI-2) in identifying juveniles with mental health concerns in a large sample of juveniles (N = 4,009), (b) to provide data regarding rates of identified mental health needs in incarcerated youth, and (c) to provide descriptive comparisons to other studies using the MAYSI-2. Mean scores of subscales were compared with the MAYSI-2 normative samples and other recent studies. Results indicated that this population has a high occurrence of mental health symptoms and there is high variability in the severity of the symptoms. In addition, a multivariate analysis of variance test found significant differences in mental health problems across ethnic groups. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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