What Juvenile Defenders Should Know about the DSM-5

Brief
Clean Slate
Topics:
Collateral Consequences
Criminal and Juvenile Records
Mental Health
Reentry population:
Youth/Young Adults
Date:
Source:
National Juvenile Defender Center

What Juvenile Defenders Should Know about the DSM-5

What Juvenile Defenders Should Know about the DSM-5 Cover

This resource brief, from the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC), is intended to support juvenile defense advocacy by providing an overview of some of the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) revisions.

The brief also includes recommendations and implications for juvenile defense practice. 

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