CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) recently released the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) results on the DASH Healthy Youth website. SHPPS is a national study conducted periodically to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. This release is a comprehensive report that […]
Adolescents
Signs of Suicide Shows Promise as a Middle School Suicide Prevention Program
A study to evaluate the effects of the Signs of Suicide (SOS) program in middle schools found that, three months after completing the program, children who participated in SOS were significantly more knowledgeable about suicide and depression than children who had not participated in the program. Children who reported suicidal ideation prior to participating in […]
Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls
The National Crittenton Foundation, in partnership with the National Women’s Law Center, has released “Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls.” The report presents research and data showing that, in the last two decades, girls’ presence in the juvenile justice system has increased at all stages of the process. Key findings include the following: […]
Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Services Among Detained Youth
This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Beyond Detention series, which examines the findings of the Northwestern Juvenile Project—a large-scale longitudinal study of youth detained at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL. The authors examined youth’s perceptions of barriers to mental health services, focusing on youth […]
Psychiatric Disorders in Youth After Detention
This bulletin examines the findings of the Northwestern Juvenile Project—a large-scale longitudinal study of youth detained at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL. The authors discuss the findings related to the prevalence and persistence of psychiatric disorders in youth after detention. Key findings include: Five years after the first interview, more […]
What Good Looks Like in Psychological Services for Children, Young People and their Families
A Review that aids understanding of what causes children to develop mental health problems and what can be done to was launched at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society’s Faculty for Children, Young People and their Families (CYPF) in Birmingham. ‘What Good Looks Like in Psychological Services for Children, Young People and their Families’ […]