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Results for mentally ill juveniles
1 results foundAuthor: Cohen, Edward Title: "Costs of Incarcerating Youth with Mental Illness": final report Summary: The "Costs of Incarcerating Youth with Mental Illness" project was conducted for the primary purpose of informing public policy development by analyzing the costs and contexts related to incarcerating youth with mental illness and co-occurring mental illness/substance use disorders in California detention facilities. This study was one of the products of ongoing collaboration between the Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) and the California Mental Health Directors Association (CMHDA). Information obtained from this study will serve to advocate for better services in order to prevent the inappropriate criminalization of youth who would be better served in mental health treatment settings, to improve services to youth who must be separated from the community, and to ensure continuity of mental health care upon re-entry of such youth to their communities. BACKGROUND It is estimated that between 50-75% of youth in juvenile detention facilities have diagnosable mental disorders. Given the disproportionate use of juvenile detention facilities for youth of color one explanation may be that the juvenile justice system has become a de facto mental health system for poor and minority youth who are unable to access care through the formal mental health system. Yet detention facilities are unable to provide adequate mental health treatment and this has led to extended lengths of stay in these facilities for these youth . There are no studies in California or elsewhere that include other costs beyond those of basic facility rates, such as mental health services, special staffing, education, legal expenses, and health care expenses. Including such costs and relevant contextual information, particularly about placement delay , is necessary in order to understand the full extent of the problem as well as the potential solutions. Details: Sacramento: Chief Probation Offices of California and California Mental Health Directors Association, 2008. 88p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 11, 2016 at: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/comio/docs/costs_of_incarcerating_youth_with_mental_illness.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/comio/docs/costs_of_incarcerating_youth_with_mental_illness.pdf Shelf Number: 130146 Keywords: Costs of Corrections Juvenile Corrections Juvenile Detention Juvenile Offenders Mentally Ill JuvenilesMentally Ill Offenders |