The relationship between mental health indicators and adjudication rates among youth with serious emotional disturbance

Ybarra M, Walrath C, Holden EW, Santiago R, Leaf P. The relationship between mental health indicators and adjudication rates among youth with serious emotional disturbance. Oral presentation at the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Annual Conference; Apr 2003; Miami, FL.

Data collected as part of the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program by communities funded in 1993 and 1994 (22 sites) are discussed.