Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities

Juvenile justice system (JJS) and the mental health of the juveniles involved in it are intricately related. Children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children in need of care and protection (CINCP) have a higher prevalence of mental health-and substance use related—problems, similarly, juveniles...

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Main Authors: Gupta Snehil, Rajesh Sagar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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spelling doaj-f89208c7776a44c8a0d609343135c31b2021-08-02T14:54:52ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762020-01-0142330431010.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_82_20Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunitiesGupta SnehilRajesh SagarJuvenile justice system (JJS) and the mental health of the juveniles involved in it are intricately related. Children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children in need of care and protection (CINCP) have a higher prevalence of mental health-and substance use related—problems, similarly, juveniles with mental health problems have a higher chance of coming in contact with JJS. Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 (JJ Act), with its latest amendment (2015), emphasizes the developmental well-being, including the psychological well-being of juveniles coming in contact with JJS and their social reintegration and rehabilitation. Mental health professionals (MHPs) can play a significant role in realizing this goal by contributing at all the levels: mental health promotion, preventing juveniles from coming in contact with JJS, treating juveniles in contact with JJS, and subsequent rehabilitation. Being well-versed in this area would also give a clinical and legal edge to the MHPs. Although JJ Act is a child-friendly law, its implementation in the real-world is faced with many practical challenges, which in turn limit or undermine the full legal, social, educational, and health benefits to the juveniles. The current viewpoint is aimed to highlight the important mental health aspects of juveniles involved with JJS with reference to the JJ Act (care and protection of children act, 2015) and the potential role that MHPs can play and discusses important challenges and road ahead.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2020;volume=42;issue=3;spage=304;epage=310;aulast=child mental healthjj act (care and protection of children2015)juvenile delinquenciesjuvenile justice systemmental health professionals
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author Gupta Snehil
Rajesh Sagar
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Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
child mental health
jj act (care and protection of children
2015)
juvenile delinquencies
juvenile justice system
mental health professionals
author_facet Gupta Snehil
Rajesh Sagar
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title Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
title_short Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
title_full Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
title_fullStr Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of MHPs: Challenges and opportunities
title_sort juvenile justice system, juvenile mental health, and the role of mhps: challenges and opportunities
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
issn 0253-7176
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Juvenile justice system (JJS) and the mental health of the juveniles involved in it are intricately related. Children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children in need of care and protection (CINCP) have a higher prevalence of mental health-and substance use related—problems, similarly, juveniles with mental health problems have a higher chance of coming in contact with JJS. Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 (JJ Act), with its latest amendment (2015), emphasizes the developmental well-being, including the psychological well-being of juveniles coming in contact with JJS and their social reintegration and rehabilitation. Mental health professionals (MHPs) can play a significant role in realizing this goal by contributing at all the levels: mental health promotion, preventing juveniles from coming in contact with JJS, treating juveniles in contact with JJS, and subsequent rehabilitation. Being well-versed in this area would also give a clinical and legal edge to the MHPs. Although JJ Act is a child-friendly law, its implementation in the real-world is faced with many practical challenges, which in turn limit or undermine the full legal, social, educational, and health benefits to the juveniles. The current viewpoint is aimed to highlight the important mental health aspects of juveniles involved with JJS with reference to the JJ Act (care and protection of children act, 2015) and the potential role that MHPs can play and discusses important challenges and road ahead.
topic child mental health
jj act (care and protection of children
2015)
juvenile delinquencies
juvenile justice system
mental health professionals
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