title: Service referral for juvenile justice youths: associations with psychiatric disorder and recidivism.
abstract: Secondary multiple regression analyses related disorder profile, probation officers' mental health/substance use service referrals, and recidivism in 361 juvenile justice youths. Those with externalizing (disruptive behavior or substance use) disorder or substance offenses were most likely to receive service referrals. Substance disordered youths with service referrals had lower recidivism risk compared to counterparts without referrals; referral lowered the recidivism odds to approximately that for youths without a substance use disorder. Providing juvenile justice youths with systematic mental health assessment and linking those with substance use disorder to mental health and substance use services likely reduces recidivism risk.
authors: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA, m.hoeve@uva.nl.
authors: Machteld
authors: M
authors: Hoeve
authors: Larkin S
authors: LS
authors: McReynolds
authors: Gail A
authors: GA
authors: Wasserman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*