TOPIC
Juvenile mental health courts for adjudicated youth.
PURPOSE
To describe the role of psychiatric nurses in reducing mental health disparities for adjudicated youth via juvenile mental health courts.
SOURCES
ISI Web of Knowledge; Sage Journals Online; HighWire; PubMed; Google Scholar and Wiley Online Library and websites for psychiatric nursing organizations. Years included: 2000–2010.
CONCLUSIONS
Juvenile mental health courts may provide a positive and effective alternative to incarceration for youth with mental health problems with psychiatric nurses playing a key role in program implementation.
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