Citation

Murrie DC, Henderson CE, Vincent GM, Rockett JL, Mundt C. Psychiatr. Serv. 2009; 60(8): 1092-1097.

Affiliation

Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800660, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0660, USA. murrie@virginia.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

10.1176/appi.ps.60.8.1092

PMID

19648197

Abstract

Although the mental health needs of youths in the juvenile justice system are well documented, this study reveals that mental health treatment needs appear to be even more pronounced in the small subgroup of youths transferred to the adult criminal justice system and incarcerated in adult prison.

Language: en