Name: Does Mental Health Service Use Moderate Risk for Youth Violence Involvement?
Start: 2026-09-18T10:10:00-0500
End: 2026-09-18T11:00:00-0500

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Does Mental Health Service Use Moderate Risk for Youth Violence Involvement?

Friday September 18, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT

Trinity 2 Table 15

Youth violence is a major public health and school counseling concern. Here, we used the data from 20,745 adolescents in 145 schools to examine the structure of youth violence, test effects of risk factors on involvement, and examine whether use of mental health services moderated risk. Results suggest counseling moderated depressive, but not other types, of risk for violence involvement. Implications for counseling practice, threat assessment, and early intervention in schools are identified.

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George Richardson

Professor, University of Cincinnati

Dr. Richardson is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on evaluating the validity of developmental theories as well as theoretical constructs and scores used to measure them. He has tested theories suggesting that early stressful experiences (or adversity) and family structure... Read More →

Friday September 18, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
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