TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Mandatory mental health screening for justice-involved youth: a national priority
JO  - Youth justice
A1  - Christian, Deneil D.
SP  - 49
EP  - 57
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - The prevalence of mental health disorders is higher among justice-involved youth than youth in the general population. Despite mental health being a pressing contemporary issue in the juvenile justice system, fewer than half of the states in the United States mandate the use of a mental health screening for youth in the juvenile justice system. The need to utilize a mental health screening tool in all 50 states should be a national priority. The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 (MAYSI-2) is the recommended screening tool that should be adopted nationally. Currently, 21 of the 24 states that mandate the use of a screening tool utilize MAYSI-2. Furthermore, it is recognized as having the most empirical evidence as an instrument at the juvenile justice system's entry and transitional points.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1473-2254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14732254211052334
ID  - ref1
ER  -