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JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
Volume 28, Issue 7, Pages 665-677Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-013-9538-5
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Traumatic stress; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Juvenile justice; Residential programs; Adolescence; Evidence-based practices
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Most youth detained in juvenile justice facilities have extensive histories of exposure to psychological trauma. Traumatic stress plays a key role in their mental health and behavioral problems and needs, and in their safety and rehabilitation and the security and effectiveness of detention facilities. We provide an overview of the barriers to successful provision of mental health services for youths in juvenile justice facilities, including those involving youth, parents, and juvenile justice residential facility staff and administrators. Next, we discuss the relevance and potential utility of approaching mental health needs using posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more broadly posttraumatic dysregulation, as an organizing framework. Examples of how a posttraumatic dysregulation perspective can enhance juvenile justice residential facility milieus and services are presented, with an overview of traumatic stress intervention models that have shown promise, or potentially could be deployed, in developing and sustaining trauma-informed juvenile justice facilities.
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