Content Details
ED465249 - Identification and Referral for Mental Health Services in Juvenile Detention
- Category
- Executive Agency Publications
- Collection
- Education Reports from ERIC
- SuDoc Class Number
- ED 1.615:
- Date Issued
- January 1, 2001
- Author
- Rogers, Kenneth M.; Pumariega, Andres J.; Cuffe, Steven P
- Source Institution
- University of South Florida, Tampa. Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health
- Sponsoring Agency
- National Inst. on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC
- Publication Type
- Reports - Research - - Speeches/Meeting Papers
- Subject
- Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation, Emotional Disturbances, Emotional Problems, Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Justice, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Referral
- Identifiers
- South Carolina
- Abstract
- This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined the mental health referral patterns of youth referred to a public sector mental health system as the result of a judicial consent decree. The study included two samples of youth ages 13-17 from the entire state of South Carolina. The first group included incarcerated youth recruited from the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) central detention facility in Columbia (n=120). The second group included youth referred to South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) facilities as part of a judicial consent decree (n=120). Data were collected on both samples.between January 1997 and December 1997. Findings from the study indicate there is a substantial.leve1of need for mental health services among detained youth. Ninety-six percent of referred youth and 69 percent of incarcerated youth met criteria for a psychiatric disorder. The most common diagnostic category was disruptive disorder for both referred and detained youth. Referred youth were more likely to have affective diagnoses than detained youth; however, they were less likely to have a substance abuse disorder. Consistent with prior studies, African-American youth were referred for mental health services less often than were Caucasian youth. (Contains 16 references.).