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Leveraging Technology to Increase Behavioral Health Services Access for Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: a Cross-systems Collaboration Model
This article describes the development, process, and initial outcomes of the Youth Justice and Family Well-Being Technology Collaborative (JTC) that was formed to leverage technology within and across public health and justice-related systems to promote increased behavioral health services access. Cross-system considerations are identified for public health, court, and other key stakeholders to successfully integrate technology into practice to expand access to these critical services. (Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research)
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - July 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Impact of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts on Substance Use, Mental Health, and Recidivism: Results from a Multisite Experimental Evaluation
AbstractJuvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTC) emerged in the mid-1990s as a potential solution to concern about substance use among youth in the juvenile justice system (JJS). Despite substantial research, findings on the JDTC effectiveness for reducing recidivism and substance use remain inconsistent, hampered by methodological problems. In 2016, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention published research-based JDTC Guidelines for best practices, and funded technical assistance for implementation and a multisite national outcomes study among JDTCs implementing the Guidelines. Ten sites were originally sel...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - June 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Introduction to Special Section on Public Health in Juvenile Justice
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Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - June 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Adaption and Cultural Validation of the Quality in Psychiatric Care-Outpatient Staff (QPC-OPS) Instrument to a Norwegian Community Mental Health Context
In conclusion, the QPC-COPS is a valid and reliable instrument suitable for measuring staff’s perce ption of the quality of care they deliver in community mental health services. (Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research)
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - June 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Sexual Trauma Informed Understanding of Longitudinal Depression among Repeat Juvenile Offenders
AbstractChildhood sexual assault (CSA) victimization and depression are global public health concerns that disproportionately affect youths involved in the juvenile justice system. Little research has examined the influence of CSA on the stability of depressive symptoms among repeat juvenile offenders. The present study tested a gendered model of the association between lifetime CSA victimization and depression for three time points: baseline juvenile assessment entry; second reentry; and third reentry. Further, covariate analyses were conducted to explore the impact of socio-demographics on CSA victimization and depressio...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - June 2, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Behavioral Health Providers ’ Experience with Changes in Services for People Experiencing Homelessness During COVID-19, USA, August–October 2020
AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in behavioral health services (BHS), essential for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). BHS changes created barriers to care and opportunities for innovative strategies for reaching PEH. The authors conducted 50 qualitative interviews with behavioral health providers in the USA during August –October 2020 to explore their observations of BHS changes for PEH. Interviews were transcribed and entered into MAXQDA for analysis and to identify salient themes. The largest impact from COVID-19 was the closure or limited hours for BHS and homeless shelters due to mandated “sta...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - May 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Committing to Resilience in Tough Times
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Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - May 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Organizational Leaders Perceptions of Barriers to Accessing Behavioral Health Services in a Low-Resource Community
AbstractLittle is known about how to effectively implement behavioral health programs in low-resource communities. Leaders from 20 community-serving behavioral health organizations in Flint, MI, were asked about their organizations and the barriers that they, and the populations they serve, face in providing and accessing behavioral health services. Barriers are reported using a mixed-methods analysis, reporting the number and percentage of organizations that experienced the barrier along with example quotations from the organization leaders. The most frequently reported barrier to providing services was finding adequate f...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research