RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Noncompliance with Family Court Mandated Evaluations in a Juvenile Justice Clinic
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 31
OP 38
VO 22
IS 1
A1 Kaplan, Gabriel
A1 Pannullo, Delizia
A1 Brodzinsky, David
A1 Hitt, Jennifer Clarke
YR 1994
UL http://jaapl.org/content/22/1/31.abstract
AB This study identified factors correlating with noncompliance with family court ordered evaluations. Ninety charts from a juvenile justice clinic were reviewed. Subject noncompliance was defined as failure to attend three consecutive appointments. Patient, family, and environmental factors were analyzed. Forty-two percent of the subjects were noncompliant. Five variables discriminated compliant from noncompliant subjects: parental cooperation, prior criminal charge, school behavior problems, treatment at another facility, and disruptive behavior disorder. Utilizing these predictors, only 13 percent of subjects were misclassified as noncompliant in a discriminant analysis. It is concluded that a Court order by itself does not guarantee compliance with a mental health evaluation. However, the findings suggest that the risk for noncompliance may be assessed at the outset of the evaluation utilizing the above identified factors.