University of California - Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Apr;63(4):399-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.11.003. Epub 2023 Nov 20.
In 2020, an estimated 424,300 youth were arrested and nearly 128,000 youth were detained in the United States, with disproportionately higher rates for minoritized youth when compared to White youth. Although the number of youth in detention facilities has decreased since the late 1990s, a staggering number of children and adolescents enter the justice system each year. This remains a critical issue for child and adolescent psychiatrists. By the time youth enter juvenile detention, individual mental health needs are already exceptionally high.
2020 年，美国估计有 424300 名青年被捕，近 128000 名青年被拘留，少数族裔青年的比例明显高于白人青年。尽管自 20 世纪 90 年代末以来，被拘留设施中的青年人数有所减少，但每年仍有大量儿童和青少年进入司法系统。这对儿童和青少年精神病学家来说仍然是一个关键问题。当青年进入少年拘留所时，他们的个人心理健康需求已经非常高了。
