TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Screening incarcerated juveniles using the MAYSI-2
JO  - Journal of correctional health care
A1  - Gilbert, Amy L.
A1  - Grande, Todd L.
A1  - Hallman, Janelle
A1  - Underwood, Lee A.
SP  - 35
EP  - 44
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-3458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345814557788
ID  - ref1
ER  -