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Ten Years After a Landmark Study, Progress and Challenges in Mental Health Treatment for Nation’s Confined Youth
By jjie.org Dick Mendel
Published: 05/08/2013

In 2010, the federal Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention released results from the first-ever nationally representative survey of youth confined in juvenile justice facilities. This Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) offered a treasure trove of information about the mental health and substance abuse problems faced by confined youth and the treatment provided to them. See related story here.

However, because interviews were conducted back in 2003, the SYRP findings beg the question: What changes have occurred since 2003 in mental health care for confined youth?

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