Mental health, educational and social needs of young offenders in custody and in the community

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-360

  Chitsabesan, Prathiba ^a   Bailey, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delivery of healthcare; Juvenile delinquency; Learning disorders; Mass screening; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CUSTODY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PRISONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748284637     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000228753.87613.01     Document Type: Review

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