Juvenile Justice Girls’ Depressive Symptoms and SuicidalIdeation Nine Years After Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

摘要

ObjectiveMultidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has been found to reduce delinquency among girls in juvenile justice through 2-year follow-up. Given that such girls are at elevated risk for suicide and depression into adulthood, we tested MTFC effects on long term trajectories of suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms.