Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice

A Pilot Study of a Meditation and Mindfulness Program with Detained Juveniles: An Adaptation of Inner Resources for Teens (IRT)

Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice 2020 Stephanie N. Williams, Monica M. Parkins, Breanne Benedict et al.

ABSTRACT This study examined the clinical utility of a meditation, mindfulness, and mantra intervention for youth experiencing serious mental illness while incarcerated. Participants were 17 adolescent males, aged 16 to 18, from two units of a county detention center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eleven (64.7%) participants were Latino-American, one (5.9 %) was Black/African American, three...