title: Mental Health Screening and Assessment of Detained Youth.
abstract: The effective rehabilitation of detained youth begins with optimal screening of their mental health needs as they enter the juvenile delinquency system. The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 is the most used and empirically proven tool to screen juveniles. Juvenile facilities should consider the use of screening instruments like the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 as close to intake as feasible. Mental health professionals working in these systems of care will then need adequate resources to assess the mental health needs according to a biopsychosocial model of these youth.
authors.affiliation: Division of the Psychiatry and Law, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: mfsoulier@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soulier
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McBride
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: Assessment; Delinquency; Juvenile justice; Rehabilitation; Screening; The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument–Version 2