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Leon, Andrew C.; Marzuk, Peter M.; Tardiff, Kenneth; Bucciarelli, Angela; Piper, Tinka Markham; Galea, Sandro – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To determine the proportion of youth suicides in New York City from 1999 to 2002 in which antidepressants were detected at autopsy. Method: This is a medical examiner surveillance study of suicides in New York City among those younger than 18 years of age. The outcome measure is serum toxicology for antidepressants. Results: From 1999…
Descriptors: Toxicology, Suicide, Drug Abuse, Data Analysis
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Miller, Joel; Lin, Jeffrey – Crime & Delinquency, 2007
This article examines issues raised by the application of a generic actuarial juvenile risk instrument (the Model Risk Assessment Instrument) to New York City, a context different from the one in which it was developed. It describes practical challenges arising from the constraints of locally available data and local sensibilities and highlights…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Methods, At Risk Persons, Recidivism
Dollard, Norin; And Others – 1991
The evaluation plan for New York State's Children and Youth Intensive Case Management (CYICM) Program is described, which was introduced in July 1988. The CYICM Program is a statewide intervention focusing on keeping children with serious emotional disturbances in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their needs. It is a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caseworker Approach, Children, Comparative Analysis
Grosser, Rene C.; Flisher, Alan J. – 1996
This paper reports on efforts underway in New York State to develop the Individualized Needs for Services Assessment (INSA). The INSA is a set of standardized procedures and data definitions to guide assessment of service needs for children with serious emotional disturbances (SED). The INSA procedure for children with SED is designed to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Emotional Disturbances