SPECIAL ISSUES

Overview

Selected Readings

1. Culture, Race, and Ethnicity: A Supplement to Mental Health: Report of the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2001.
   
   
2. Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Children and Adolescents of Color in the Juvenile Justice System: Overcoming Institutionalized Perceptions and Barriers, by Isaacs, M. In Cocozza, J. (ed.) Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, 1992.
   
   
3. SAMHSA Report to Congress on the Prevention and Treatment of Co-Occurring Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002.
   
   
4. Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Youth in Juvenile Detention, by Abram, K., Teplin, L., McClelland, G., Dulcan, M. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 2003.
   
   
5. Adolescent Girls with Mental Health Disorders Involved with the Juvenile Justice System, by Veysey, B. Delmar, NY: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2003.
   
   
6. Improving Policy and Practice for Adolescent Girls with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System, by Prescott, L. Delmar, NY: The National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 1998.
   
   
7. Vulnerable Populations: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth, by D'Augelli, A., Dark, L. In Eron, L., Gentry, J., Schlagel, P. (Eds.) Reason to Hope: A Psychosocial Perspective on Violence and Youth. Washington, D: APA, 1995.
   
   
8. Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders at Juvenile Probation Intake, by Wasserman, G., McReynolds, L., Ko, S., Katz, L., and Carpenter, J. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 2005

Resources

1. "Cultural Competency Guidebook" published by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
   http://www.hogg.utexas.edu
   
   
2. Building Blocks for Youth
   http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org
   
   
3. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) publications related to disproportionate minority confinement (DMC)
   http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dmc/pubs/index.html
   
   
4. Training Curriculum for Working With Girls Involved with the Juvenile Justice System
   http://www.ncmhjj.com/pdfs/SAcurriculum.pdf
   
   
5. National Center for Cultural Competency
   http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/index.html

References

1. Youth of Color
2. Co-Occurring Disorders
3. Adolescent Females
4. Sexual Minority Youth