Mental Health Screening and Assessment of Detained Youth

Soulier, M.; McBride, Anne B.

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2015.08.002

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“…This study confirmed the high rates of mental health needs and various intricate threats to the wellbeing of adolescents during the initial phase of detention (Casiano et al, 2019), which has implications for the rehabilitation of adolescents who become involved with the forensic youth care system. Clinicians play a critical role in promoting adolescents' mental health and wellbeing (Soulier & McBride, 2016), as they must view their situation holistically and invest efforts into a broad range of life domains (e.g. family relations).…”

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Adolescents’ Quality of Life and Mental Health Needs during the Initial Phase in a Closed Institution

Hecke

Meulewaeter

Rowaert

et al. 2022

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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This study investigated adolescents' Quality of Life and mental health needs during the first weeks in a closed institution for mandatory care and treatment to inform (gender-specific) rehabilitation. Questionnaires concerning socio-demographic variables, Quality of Life and mental health needs were administered (n ¼ 182; 90 boys and 92 girls; mean age ¼ 16.2). Given the high prevalence of mental health needs in this study population and their significant negative correlation with QoL, we argue for a holistic view on rehabilitation and to broaden treatment aims in youth forensic care by including not only determinants of recidivism but also determinants of QoL.

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Section: Clinical and Practical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ Quality of Life and Mental Health Needs during the Initial Phase in a Closed Institution

Hecke

Meulewaeter

Rowaert

et al. 2022

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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“…However, numerous justice-involved youth enter the juvenile justice system with underlying trauma. Soulier and McBride (2016) asserted that as much as 92 per cent of juveniles experienced at least one major trauma. Sexual trauma is a significant risk factor for young females in general but more prevalent among young females of color (Soulier and McBride, 2016; Whitley and Rozel, 2016).…”

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“…Soulier and McBride (2016) asserted that as much as 92 per cent of juveniles experienced at least one major trauma. Sexual trauma is a significant risk factor for young females in general but more prevalent among young females of color (Soulier and McBride, 2016; Whitley and Rozel, 2016). Several studies indicate that adjudicated youth experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and polytrauma (Abram et al, 2004; Ford et al, 2013; Whitley and Rozel, 2016).…”

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“…The first step in addressing youth's mental health needs in the justice system would be to ensure that screening and assessment are a mandatory component of intake processing. Soulier and McBride (2016) recommend screening detained youth, preferably in a structured manner with a tool such as the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 (MAYSI-2).…”

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Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Justice-Involved Youth: A National Priority

Christian¹

2021

Youth Justice

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The prevalence of mental health disorders is higher among justice-involved youth than youth in the general population. Despite mental health being a pressing contemporary issue in the juvenile justice system, fewer than half of the states in the United States mandate the use of a mental health screening for youth in the juvenile justice system. The need to utilize a mental health screening tool in all 50 states should be a national priority. The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 (MAYSI-2) is the recommended screening tool that should be adopted nationally. Currently, 21 of the 24 states that mandate the use of a screening tool utilize MAYSI-2. Furthermore, it is recognized as having the most empirical evidence as an instrument at the juvenile justice system’s entry and transitional points.

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“…A brief self-report screening measure, the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI), was developed and has been normed and validated with youth in the juvenile justice system (Archer, Simonds-Bisbee, Spiegel, Handel, & Elkins, 2010;Grisso, Barnum, Fletcher, Cauffman, & Peuschold, 2001). A revised version (the MAYSI-2) now is a fixture in juvenile justice systems in the United States and internationally (Colins et al, 2015;Cruise, Marsee, Dandreaux, & DePrato, 2007;Gilbert, Grande, Hallman, & Underwood, 2015;Lennox, O'Malley, Bell, Shaw, & Dolan, 2015;Soulier & McBride, 2016;Stathis et al, 2008). More recently, screening of justice-involved youth for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related psychosocial impairments (Ford, Chapman, Connor, & Cruise, 2012;Stimmel et al, 2014) has been called for to identify traumatized justice-involved youth (Dierkhising & Branson, 2016;Ford et al, 2016).…”

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A Study of the Impact of Screening for Poly-Victimization in Juvenile Justice: The Rocky Road to a Successful Investigation in the Real World

Ford

Cruise

Grasso

et al. 2017

J Interpers Violence

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Poly-victimization during formative developmental periods represents an important focus for screening and assessment in settings and populations in which interpersonal violence is pervasive. This article describes the multistage evolution of a research project designed to empirically test a poly-victimization enhancement of a widely used and validated behavioral health screening tool for youth using retrospective and prospective archival juvenile justice system outcome data. Several operational and methodological revisions to the project's design and procedures were necessitated by barriers that arose as a result of unforeseen shifts in the host juvenile justice system's policies and personnel. The present report describes real-world challenges that face investigators working in public sector systems, and highlights the key role of establishing long-term collaborative professional relationships with personnel at all levels in those systems based on providing services and evaluation data that meet the system's core goals, responsibilities, and mission. Also highlighted are the methodological and logistical adaptations needed to successfully accomplish a project's internal objectives while striking a balance between flexibility in operational and methodological tactics on one hand, and adherence to ethical, conceptual/clinical, and methodological principles on the other hand.

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Mental Health Screening and Assessment of Detained Youth

Cited by 8 publications

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Adolescents’ Quality of Life and Mental Health Needs during the Initial Phase in a Closed Institution

Adolescents’ Quality of Life and Mental Health Needs during the Initial Phase in a Closed Institution

Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Justice-Involved Youth: A National Priority

A Study of the Impact of Screening for Poly-Victimization in Juvenile Justice: The Rocky Road to a Successful Investigation in the Real World

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