Mental Health, Education, Child Welfare, and Juvenile                    Justice Service Use

Burns, Barbara J.; Landsverk, John; Kelleher, Kelly J.; Faw, Leyla; Hazen, Andrea L.; Keeler, Gordon

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“…Persistence of service use is related to number of symptoms and, therefore, it may be more difficult to intervene effectively early in serious offenders' careers when the number of symptoms is still low (Farmer et al, 1999). Burns et al (2001) found a significant lag between onset of symptoms and service initiation.…”

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“…Even though they may wish for help, it may not be affordable to take a child for services, or the practical problems of organizing a household to do this may be beyond their capabilities. In non-research settings, such as a busy outpatient clinic, treatment compliance may have a low priority (Burns et al, 2001). The second problem is that of resources for schools.…”

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“…Burns et al (2001) reported higher rates of lifetime service use for children with conduct symptoms in a community survey of young adolescents in North Carolina. The high rate of any services of 75.9% before age 12 in that study was predominantly because of high service use in schools, showing that different areas of the country make more resources available than others.…”

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“…Yet the majority of disturbed youngsters who are at risk for persistent serious delinquency do not receive help (Stouthamer-Loeber et al, 1995;Burns et al, 2001). Typically, children and adolescents with disruptive problems do not seek help for their problems.…”

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Lost opportunities for intervention: undetected markers for the development of serious juvenile delinquency

Stouthamer‐Loeber

Loeber

2002

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Lost opportunities for intervention: undetected markers for the development of serious juvenile delinquency

Stouthamer‐Loeber

Loeber

2002

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…Nevertheless, it seems that girls with emerging or moderate levels of behavior problems are either being overlooked by mental health professionals (Atkins et al, 1996), or for other reasons are not engaging with specialist clinical services in order to receive timely and appropriate help. Indeed, several studies have documented the low rate of service utilization by girls with CD especially during the adolescent period (e.g., Burns et al, 2001;Offord et al, 1991). For example, Offord et al (1991) reported that conduct disordered adolescent girls used mental health/social services at a rate of almost two-thirds less than CD adolescent boys, two-thirds less than younger CD girls and at half the rate of younger CD boys.…”

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Do We Know Which Interventions are Effective for Disruptive and Delinquent Girls?

Hipwell

Loeber

2006

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Disruptive and delinquent girls are not well served by the mental health and juvenile justice systems. Interventions that have been developed for the behavior problems of boys are frequently applied to girls despite growing evidence for a female-specific phenotype, developmental course, and set of risk factors from middle childhood onwards. The current review demonstrates that evidence of the effectiveness of treatments for girls with disruptive and delinquent behaviors is extremely limited, with relatively few studies including sufficient numbers of females or reporting on treatment effects by gender. However, a small body of evidence suggests that interventions specifically designed to address female behavior problems or risk factors can be effective in ameliorating disruptive and delinquent behaviors in both pre-adolescence and adolescence. Multi-modal interventions that target interacting domains of risk also show promise. Methodological issues are discussed and recommendations are made for the development and evaluation of future interventions to prevent and reduce girls' disruptive and delinquent behavior.

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Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Service Use Among First-Time Juvenile Offenders

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It is known that youth engaged in the juvenile justice system show high rates of psychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the course of those disorders over time, or about mental health service use on the part of children and families during justice system involvement. Boys and girls recruited from their first contact with juvenile court (n=75), at a mean age of 13.6 years, completed three waves of interviews, each consisting of a structured clinical interview and questionnaires regarding service use, family functioning, parental burden, parental psychopathology. High rates of psychiatric disorders were evident. Three quarters (n = 56) met criteria for a mood, anxiety or behavioral disorder by parent or child report. Despite the high prevalence of mental health concerns, relatively few youth (approximately 20%) were involved in mental health services in follow-up waves. The presence of ODD and higher levels of family communication problems were associated with involvement in mental health services. Although parents experienced burden associated with their child's mental health problems, burden was not a strong correlate of help-seeking. Mental health problems declined from the point of initial involvement with juvenile justice; only ODD symptoms showed stability over time. Low rates of engagement in mental health services are found for juveniles subsequent to their first contact with juvenile justice. ODD and family communication problems most influenced service engagement, while burden due to mental health problems did not. The results provide potential targets for efforts to enhance parental motivation towards service engagement.

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Mental Health, Education, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Service Use

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Lost opportunities for intervention: undetected markers for the development of serious juvenile delinquency

Lost opportunities for intervention: undetected markers for the development of serious juvenile delinquency

Do We Know Which Interventions are Effective for Disruptive and Delinquent Girls?

Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Service Use Among First-Time Juvenile Offenders

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