Mental Health Care of Detained Youth and Solitary Confinement and Restraint Within Juvenile Detention Facilities

Whitley, Kevin; Rozel, John S.

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“…48 While incarcerated, youth experience additional adverse experiences, such as solitary confinement and abuse, that have the potential to undermine socioemotional development and general developmental outcomes. [49][50][51] Differential treatment of youth offenders on the basis of race shapes an individual's participation and ultimate function in society. This type of modern racism must be recognized and addressed if the United States seeks to attain health equity.…”

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The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health

2019

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to addressing the factors that affect child and adolescent health with a focus on issues that may leave some children more vulnerable than others. Racism is a social determinant of health that has a profound impact on the health status of children, adolescents, emerging adults, and their families. Although progress has been made toward racial equality and equity, the evidence to support the continued negative impact of racism on health and well-being through implicit and explicit biases, institutional structures, and interpersonal relationships is clear. The objective of this policy statement is to provide an evidence-based document focused on the role of racism in child and adolescent development and health outcomes. By acknowledging the role of racism in child and adolescent health, pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals will be able to proactively engage in strategies to optimize clinical care, workforce development, professional education, systems engagement, and research in a manner designed to reduce the health effects of structural, personally mediated, and internalized racism and improve the health and well-being of all children, adolescents, emerging adults, and their families. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Racism is a "system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks (which is what we call 'race') that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities, unfairly advantages other individuals and communities, and saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources." 1 Racism is a social determinant of health 2 that has a profound impact on the health status of children, adolescents, emerging adults, and their families. 3-8 Although progress has been made toward racial equality and equity, 9 the evidence to support the continued negative impact of racism on health and well-being through implicit and explicit biases, institutional structures, and interpersonal relationships is clear. 10 Failure to address racism will

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“…Awareness of the social segregation of one's group affects negatively the development of children who are just coming to the realisation of who they are. Discrimination in the area of schooling, access to healthcare, financial aids, incarceration and housing segregation are some of the discrimination practices that children, adolescents and emerging adults of ethnic minority status experience as they develop (Trent et al, 2019;Whitley & Rozel, 2016). Racial discrimination experiences are rife within racially polarised environments.…”

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The Cost of Looking Different: Racism, Mental Health and Human Development of Migrants of African Descent

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2021

Racism and Human Development

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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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“…Today, mental health remains a concern for juveniles in the justice system. Several studies indicate that many justice-involved youths meet the criteria for at least one mental health diagnosis (Haney-Carona et al, 2019; Robst, 2017; Whitley and Rozel, 2016). Overall, youth entering the juvenile justice system have a higher diagnosis of mental health disorders than their counterparts in the general population (Haney-Carona et al, 2019; Underwood and Washington, 2016; White, 2015).…”

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“…The use of professional clinical care and psychopharmacology, as needed, and providing a structured environment to protect youth and reduce stress while in crisis form the most common and effective treatments (Underwood and Washington, 2016). In addition, Whitley and Rozel (2016) contend that juveniles should be provided with child- and family-focused, culturally competent, and community-based treatment. Third, there is a need to develop rehabilitation plans to address the growing number of youth with mental health disorders.…”

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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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Mental Health Care of Detained Youth and Solitary Confinement and Restraint Within Juvenile Detention Facilities

Cited by 9 publications

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The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health

The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health

The Cost of Looking Different: Racism, Mental Health and Human Development of Migrants of African Descent

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

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