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A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners Working With Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners Working With Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 13, 2012
ANNOTATION: “This paper provides an overview for mental health practitioners who provide professional services to youth who are involved with the juvenile justice system …. While primarily intended for mental health professionals working within system of care communities or interested in developing a system of care collaboration in their area, this paper is relevant for any mental health practitioner providing professional services to youth involved or at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system. It is also relevant for juvenile court and juvenile justice professionals whose work brings them into contact with youth with significant mental health needs” (p. 1). Sections of this publication include: overview; youth with mental health needs in juvenile justice; mental health clinicians and juvenile justice—strangers in a strange land; distinguishing rehabilitation from treatment; the lens of developmental psychology; diagnosis in juvenile justice—challenges and links to misconduct; common diagnoses among youth in the juvenile justice system—anxiety disorders, mood disorders, attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorders; trauma—the chimera or “shape shifter” within juvenile justice; prevalence of trauma in juvenile justice; diagnostic and intervention challenges arising from trauma histories; implications for future policy and practice; and summary.
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