SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT

Overview

Selected Readings

1. Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, by Grisso, T., Underwood, L. Delmar, NY: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2002.
   
   
2. Mental Health Assessments in Juvenile Justice: Report on the Consensus Conference, by Wasserman, G., Jensen, P., Cocozza, J., Trupin, E., Angold, A., Cauffman, E., Grisso, T. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(7), 752-761, 2003.
   

Resources

1. Juvenile Assessment Centers (JAC). Web-link to a paper that provides an overview of services JAC provide to youth in contact with the juvenile justice system.
   http:// www.juveniledefender.org/SJDC/research.html
   
   
2. National Youth Screening Assistance Project - MAYSI-2
   http://www.umassmed.edu/nysap/
   
   
3. Center for Promotion of Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (V-DISC):
   http://www.promotementalhealth.org/index.htm
   
   
4. OJJDP Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Resource Guide for Practitioners: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/pubabstract.asp?pubi=11936
   
   
5. Grisso, Vincent, & Seagrave. (2005). Mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

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