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Incarceration of Youth Who Are Waiting for Community Mental Health Services in the United States

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Incarceration of Youth Who Are Waiting for Community Mental Health Services in the United States

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U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Government Reform (Washington, DC)

Published 2004. 15 pages.

Juvenile detention administrators' responses regarding "what happens to youth when community mental health services are not readily available" are relayed (p. i). Sections of this report include: executive summary; introduction; methods; findings; potential underestimation; conclusion. A few results are: children as young as seven years old are detained; 66% of youth waiting for services have attempted suicide or attacked others; and detention facilities spend nearly $100 million a year to house youth waiting for treatment services. Accession Number: 019780

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