Alana, age 15, has been referred to the adolescent mental health clinic by the juvenile court after being arrested for prostitution.
Alana, age 15, has been referred to the adolescent mental health clinic by the juvenile court after being arrested for prostitution. She has run away from home several times and has lived in homeless shelters. Her parents told the court they could not manage her, and that she was physically abusive to her mother and defiant and hostile to her father. From Alana’s history,…