title: Screening Incarcerated Juveniles Using the MAYSI-2.
abstract: The high prevalence of mental health disorders among incarcerated juveniles is a matter of national and global concern. Juvenile justice personnel need accurate screening measures that identify youth requiring immediate mental health services. The purpose of this study was threefold: (a) to examine the utility of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument, Version 2 (MAYSI-2) in identifying juveniles with mental health concerns in a large sample of juveniles (N = 4,009), (b) to provide data regarding rates of identified mental health needs in incarcerated youth, and (c) to provide descriptive comparisons to other studies using the MAYSI-2. Mean scores of subscales were compared with the MAYSI-2 normative samples and other recent studies. Results indicated that this population has a high occurrence of mental health symptoms and there is high variability in the severity of the symptoms. In addition, a multivariate analysis of variance test found significant differences in mental health problems across ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.affiliation: Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Todd L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.affiliation: Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Janelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hallman
authors.affiliation: Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, Virginia Beach, VA, USA leeunde@regent.edu.
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Underwood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D059020:Suicidal Ideation
keywords: adolescent; incarcerated; juvenile delinquency; mental health disorders; screening