COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new report is looking at the connections between mental health and the juvenile justice system.

WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and co-author of the recently-passed Mental Health Reform Act, and U.S.

Kentucky lawmakers are looking for ways to improve mental health treatment for kids in juvenile detention.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — When young criminal offenders wind up in the Whatcom County juvenile justice system, they might meet Chad Avery. Avery is a behavioral health specialist working with kids going ...

A plan to provide better mental health care to youths in state custody is advancing again to the Kentucky Senate, which unanimously passed a similar proposal last year only to see it die in the House.

Paducah, has filed Senate Bill 125, the latest measure in his multi-year effort to reform Kentucky’s juvenile justice system by focusing on youth ...

NCDHHS Partners with Talkspace to Provide Free Virtual Mental Health Therapy to Teens Involved in or Impacted By the Justice System The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today ...

A number of strategies are explored to prevent juvenile justice involvement and the negative impact of youth incarceration on youth and their families. Trauma-based interventions and efforts to ...

The program uses a community-based “system of care” approach to meet the needs of families involved in multiple child service ...

Two cases involving Tennessee children with autism illustrate the harsh, complex realities they face in the juvenile justice ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock County Commissioners approved a training program that has been years in the making on Tuesday. The program will allow students who graduated from their psychiatry ...