Healthy Minds With Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

Youth & The Criminal Justice System

New perspectives on the juvenile justice system aim to rehabilitate rather than punish at-risk youth who are often suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues. Altha J. Stewart, M.D., psychiatrist and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, discusses the work being done to change the paradigm.