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Senators Support Access To Mental Health Treatment For Children And Adolescents In Juvenile Justice System

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Senators Support Access To Mental Health Treatment For Children And Adolescents In Juvenile Justice System 14 Apr 2009 The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) commends Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) for reintroducing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (JJDPA). The prevalence of mental illnesses is higher in children and adolescents in the juvenile justice system than in the general population1 with more than 70 percent of children and adolescents in the juvenile justice system having a diagnosable mental illness2. "The reintroduction of JJDPA legislation will allow us to continue to focus treatment and intervention for the most vulnerable and underserved...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 18, 2009 (boomark / email).

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