Table 4. Percent of juvenile justice facilities providing access to mental health services, by facility type and discipline of on-site mental health professional
| Any psychologist | |||||||
| Type of facility | Number of facilities |
Psychiatrist | All | Ph.D. only | Masters only |
Masters in Social Work |
|
| All facilities | 1,193 | 60.6 | 68.7 | 56.4 | 49.6 | 61.4 | |
| Detention centers | 456 | 61.0 | 70.4 | 58.2 | 50.3 | 67.1 | |
| Shelters | 201 | 32.4 | 49.6 | 36.2 | 38.5 | 54.4 | |
| Reception/diagnostic centers | 26 | 54.6 | 67.5 | 59.8 | 33.8 | 60.9 | |
| Ranches/camps/farms | 108 | 47.7 | 56.4 | 47.0 | 34.6 | 47.7 | |
| Residential treatment facilities | 257 | 76.5 | 78.0 | 64.6 | 56.5 | 64.6 | |
| Training schools | 145 | 80.8 | 82.9 | 70.9 | 64.8 | 58.2 | |
Source: 1998 Inventory of Mental Health Services in Juvenile Justice Facilities, from the Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of Community and Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services.
Excludes 979 group homes and halfway houses not asked this question. Table based on 1,193 facilities, the number providing at least one mental health service and completing the long form. (See technical appendix table C1 for detail.)
Facilities may be in more than one category; therefore, the total number of facilities is not the sum of the number of each type.