@article{ref1,
title="Screening incarcerated juveniles using the MAYSI-2",
journal="Journal of correctional health care",
year="2014",
author="Gilbert, Amy L. and Grande, Todd L. and Hallman, Janelle and Underwood, Lee A.",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="35-44",
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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-3458",
doi="10.1177/1078345814557788",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345814557788"
}