19.4 What We Can Do: Advancing Juvenile Welfare Through Education and Advocacy

Knowledge of the issues that lead to juvenile legal entry and effective advocacy for children and adolescents who interface with the law are important for all child and adolescent psychiatrists. The aim of this presentation is to share current advocacy efforts toward raising the minimum age of juvenile court jurisdictions, to discuss strategies for all child and adolescent psychiatrists to effectively engage in legislative advocacy, and to identify opportunities to improve child and adolescent psychiatry forensic education and effective advocacy in medical education.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research