Racial/ethnic disparities in prior mental health service use among incarcerated adolescents

Lee, Lewis H; Goodkind, Sara; Shook, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.04.019

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“…Black youth who were incarcerated were more likely to have experienced mental health-related issues, such as a decreased self-esteem and being less satisfied with their lives (Kang and Burton 2014). It is noted that White youth are more likely to receive mental health services than Black youth who are incarcerated, with one study asserting that White youth are four times more likely to receive mental health services than Black youth (Lee et al 2017). Racial bias in deciding whether a youth should be treated for a mental illness may influence how services are delivered (Lee et al 2017).…”

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“…It is noted that White youth are more likely to receive mental health services than Black youth who are incarcerated, with one study asserting that White youth are four times more likely to receive mental health services than Black youth (Lee et al 2017). Racial bias in deciding whether a youth should be treated for a mental illness may influence how services are delivered (Lee et al 2017). Furthermore, this racial bias may prevent some White youth from entering into the juvenile legal system initially and instead shuffles them toward a mental health treatment route, while Black youth become system-involved (Lee et al 2017).…”

Section: Mental Health Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Racial bias in deciding whether a youth should be treated for a mental illness may influence how services are delivered (Lee et al 2017). Furthermore, this racial bias may prevent some White youth from entering into the juvenile legal system initially and instead shuffles them toward a mental health treatment route, while Black youth become system-involved (Lee et al 2017).…”

Section: Mental Health Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Achieving Juvenile Justice through Abolition: A Critical Review of Social Work’s Role in Shaping the Juvenile Legal System and Steps toward Achieving an Antiracist Future

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The first juvenile court was created in 1899 with the help of social workers who conceptualized their actions as progressive. Youth were deemed inculpable for certain actions since, cognitively, their brains were not as developed as those of adults. Thus, separate measures were created to rehabilitate youth who exhibited delinquent and deviant behavior. Over one hundred years later, we have a system that disproportionately arrests, confines, and displaces Black youth. This paper critiques social work’s role in helping develop the first juvenile courts, while highlighting the failures of the current juvenile legal system. We then use P.I.C. abolition as a theoretical framework to offer guidance on how social work can once again assist in the transformation of the juvenile legal system as a means toward achieving true justice.

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Section: Mental Health Implicationsmentioning

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Section: Mental Health Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Similarly, Makayla is one hurting child, but she represents the sixty-five to seventy percent of the justice system-involved youth who require mental health services but may never receive them. Indeed, Lee et al (2017) found that children of color are more likely to be funneled into the juvenile justice system, while their white counterparts are more likely to receive a mental health system. In sharing her story of self-injurious behavior, Makayla offers a counternarrative to Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services.…”

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I'm a slave man for sure: incarcerated teens' restoried narratives of resistance

Dunkerly

Poplin

2021

QRJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to challenge the “single story” narrative the authors utilize counterstorytelling as an analytic tool to reveal the paradox of exploring human rights with incarcerated BIPOC teens whose rights within the justice system are frequently ignored. Shared through their writing, drawing and discussions, the authors demonstrate how they wrote themselves into narratives that often sought to exclude them.Design/methodology/approachThis paper centers on the interpretations of Universal Human Rights by Black adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system in the Southeastern region of the United States. Critical ethnography was selected as we see literacy as a socially situated and collaborative practice. Additionally, the authors draw from recent work on the humanization of qualitative methods, especially when engaging with historically oppressed populations. Data were analyzed using a bricolage approach and the framework of counterstorytelling to weave together the teens' narratives and experiences.FindingsIn using the analytic tool of counterstories, the authors look at ways in which the stories of colonially underserved BIPOC youth might act as a form of resistance. Similarly to the ways that those historically enslaved in the United States used narratives, folklore, “black-preacher tales” and fostered storytelling skills to resist the dominant narrative and redirects the storylines from damage to desire-centered. Central then to our findings is the notion of how to engage in the work of dismantling the inequitable system that even well-intentioned educators contribute to due to systemic racism.Research limitations/implicationsThe research presented here is significant as it attempts to add to the growing body of research on creating spaces of resistance and justice for incarcerated youth. The authors seek to disrupt the “single story” often attributed to adolescents in the juvenile justice system by providing spaces for them to provide a counternarrative – one that is informed by and seeks to inform human rights education.Practical implicationsAs researchers, the authors struggle with aspects related to authenticity, identity and agency for these participants. By situating them as “co-researchers” and by inviting them to decide where the research goes next, the authors capitalize on the expertise, ingenuity and experiences' of participants as colleagues in order to locate the pockets of hope that reside in research that attempts to be liberatory and impact the children on the juvenile justice system.Social implicationsThis study emphasizes the importance of engaging in research that privileges the voices of the participants in research that shifts from damage to desire-centered. The authors consider what it may look like to re-situate qualitative research in service to those we study, to read not only their words but the worlds that inform them, to move toward liberatory research practice.Originality/valueThis study provides an example of how the use of counterstorytelling may offer a more complex and nuanced way for incarcerated youth to resist the stereotypes and single-story narratives often assigned to their experiences.

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“…To conceptualize the existence of other explanatory variables within this study, Andersen’s Healthcare Utilization Model provides a comprehensive guide that includes the factors that have been proposed in previous studies. The Andersen model was developed in the late 1960s by Ronald M. Andersen and has been widely used to address health disparities among underserved populations ( Bonomi et al, 2009 ; Lee et al, 2017 ). The Andersen model suggests that a person’s use of health services is attributed to their predisposition to use services, enabling or impeding factors and the need for the health care service ( Andersen, 1995 ).…”

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Racial Disparities in Substance Use Treatment Completion Among Older Adults

Suntai

Lee

Leeper

2020

Innovation in Aging

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Background and Objectives Racial disparities in substance use among young adults has been well-documented in the substance use literature, but little attention has been paid to older adults. While being an older adult is positively associated with substance use treatment completion, racial disparities in treatment completion have yet to be examined. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent racial disparities exist in substance use treatment completion among older adults (65 and older). Research Design and Methods This cross-sectional study utilized data from the most recent Treatment Episode Data (TEDS-D) from SAMSHA, which documents discharges from a publicly funded substance use treatment program in the United States. A total of 17, 942 older adults reported to a substance use treatment program in 2017 and 6,653 met the criteria for the study. Chi square tests were used to analyze group differences and a binary logistic regression was used to predict substance use treatment completion. Results Results show that Black older adults were 37% less likely to complete a substance use treatment program than Whites (OR=.630) while Hispanic older adults were 26% more likely to complete a substance use treatment program than Whites (OR=1.26). Discussion and Implications These results support the findings from similar studies with younger adults and support the theory that racial disparities are prevalent across the lifespan. Although Hispanics had a higher treatment completion rate than Whites, this is likely a reflection of familismo, where decisions about health treatments is a group process and a steady network of family members are available to provide advice and encouragement. The significant disparity observed between Black and White older adults suggest a need to consider cultural, historical, and systemic factors that affect voluntary termination of substance use treatment among Black older adults.

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Racial/ethnic disparities in prior mental health service use among incarcerated adolescents

Cited by 15 publications

References 43 publications

Achieving Juvenile Justice through Abolition: A Critical Review of Social Work’s Role in Shaping the Juvenile Legal System and Steps toward Achieving an Antiracist Future

Achieving Juvenile Justice through Abolition: A Critical Review of Social Work’s Role in Shaping the Juvenile Legal System and Steps toward Achieving an Antiracist Future

I'm a slave man for sure: incarcerated teens' restoried narratives of resistance

Racial Disparities in Substance Use Treatment Completion Among Older Adults

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