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A prospective cohort study of the changing mental health needs of adolescents in custody
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  • Published on: 24 July 2019
    A prospective cohort study of the changing mental health needs of adolescents in custody

    Dear Editor,
    I am commenting on the article “A prospective cohort study of the changing mental health needs of adolescents in custody” written by Charlotte Lennox, Vicky Bell, Kate O’ Malley, Jenny Shaw, Mairead Dolan published on March 9, 2013. The question was asked by the author…..How does time spent in prison impact on the mental health-related clinical caseness: My responses is that incarceration impacts an adolescent mental health both negative and positive. Adolescence is recognized as a precarious stage in human life (Donnon & Hammond, 2007) likewise, the setting correctional care fundamentally contains added stressors for adolescent, (Sood, Bakhshi, & Devi, 2013). Sood, Bakhshi & Devi (2013), mentioned that residing in correctional care facilities exposes adolescents to health-threatening environmental, physical and mental tensions which have caused risk for poor developmental outcomes as well as a variety of emotional, social, behavioral, educational and psychological problems, (Jozefiak, Kayed, & Rimehaug, 2016).
    I agree with the authors when they stated that mental health and other needs can be improved over time but they did not examine the interventions or programs that adolescents received to improve their conditions. The authors concur that positive support is giving to these children through psychosocial programs which help with improving their coping skills, it provides children with time- out and provide momentary protect...

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