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.

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

Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, is renewing his efforts to provide better mental health care to youths in state custody.

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 ...

New research published in Aggression and Violent Behavior indicates that a history of childhood trauma may not effectively ...

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.

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 ...

RiverValley Behavioral Health Hospital is a nonprofit psychiatric hospital providing specialized inpatient services for children and adolescents ages 5-17 in Owensboro. (RiverValley Behavioral Health) ...

MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARE RELATED ISSUES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE AND SYSTEMS ALL AROUND NEBRASKA. WE’RE TOLD MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE INCARCERATED SUFFER FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THAT’S THE ...

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

While our great state of Texas has made some remarkable reforms to the juvenile justice system, that progress has stalled over the last decade. The closure of nine youth prisons − the last of which ...