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Session: Mental Health Care in the Criminal/Juvenile Justice Systems
3063.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Mental Health Care in the Criminal/Juvenile Justice Systems
This session will address important issues regarding: (1) the detection of mental health problems and provision of services among juvenile detainees; (2) the implementation and evaluation of a mental health court; and (3) the effects of Medicaid policy on jail detention.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be familiar with issues regarding: (1) the detection of mental health problems and provision of services among juvenile detainees; (2) the implementation and evaluation of a mental health court; and (3) the effects of Medicaid policy on jail detention.
Moderator(s):William H. Fisher, PhD
8:30 AMDisparities in the provision of mental health services among juvenile detainees  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jason J. Washburn, PhD, Karen M. Abram, PhD, Gary M. McClelland, PhD, Linda A. Teplin, PhD
8:50 AMModeling the Diffusion of a Mental Health Assessment Technology in the Juvenile Justice System: The Case of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument
William Fisher, PhD, Thomas Grisso, PhD, Valerie Williams, MA, MS, Judith Quinlan, BA, Cristen Gabriele, BA
9:10 AMWithdrawn -- Brooklyn mental health court: Implementation and preliminary outcomes
Kelly M OKeefe, MPH
9:30 AMPreventing Jail Detentions: The Role of Health Insurance, Seriousness of Offense, and Use of Community Mental Health Services  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gary S. Cuddeback, PhD, Joseph P. Morrissey, PhD
9:50 AMMedicaid capitation, mental health service use, and jail detention of persons with serious mental illness  [ Recorded presentation ]
Neil Thakur, PhD, John S. Preisser, PhD, Chunyuan Liu, MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA