Assessing Mental Health Problems Among Serious Delinquents Committed to the California Youth Authority, 1997-1999
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
Haapanen, Rudy A.
Steiner, Hans
correctional facilities (juveniles)
juvenile crime
juvenile detention
juvenile inmates
juvenile offenders
mental health
mental health services
treatment programs
youthful offenders
This study was conducted to explore the usefulness of the instruments used in the California Youth Authority's (CYA) Treatment Needs Assessment (TNA) battery. A total of 836 wards who completed screening questionnaires were followed to determine whether they were subsequently placed in mental health programs, were prescribed medications used to treat serious mental health problems, and/or were identified by staff as requiring these services. Data for this study were collected from hard-copy files maintained in CYA ward institutions and the CYA central office. Specific variables include the scale scores of the four instruments used in the TNA, demographic variables of the ward, treatment received by the ward, and ward behavior.
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http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04337.v1
01-16-2006
administrative records data
clinical data
survey data
Data were collected from hard-copy files maintained at California Youth Authority (CYA) ward institutions and the CYA central office.
California
United States
1997-10--1999-06