Abstract
ABSTRACT This study examined a CPS mental health assessment process to identify potential diagnostic disparities and concomitant differences in PTSD symptomatology. Participants included 145 youth aged 7–17 (M = 14.21, SD = 2.03) years from a CPS agency who were diagnosed by CPS clinicians and who completed trauma-based measures. White youth received a greater proportion of a generalized anxiety disorder diagnosis, whereas certain racial/ethnic marginalized youth received a greater proportion of internalizing/bipolar, developmental, externalizing, and psychotic disorders. The results may indicate the need for more culturally relevant and competent practices in brief assessment processes for maltreated youth in CPS agencies.
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