TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-Occurring Disorders and Specialty Court
AU - Peters, Roger H.
AU - Osher, Fred C.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - A growing number of persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders are involved in the criminal justice system, with an associated rise in the number of these individuals appearing before the court. Increasingly, “problem-solving courts” or “specialty courts” (e.g., drug courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts, community courts, re-entry courts) have been implemented to move beyond case processing to address the underlying issues that brought the defendant to court in the first place. In linking participants with co-occurring disorders to treatment alternatives, judges are testing the ways in which the specialty courts can serve as a therapeutic agent. This source document is intended to provide specialty court staff an overview of the characteristics and needs of individuals with co-occurring disorders, as well as to describe best practices associated with positive outcomes both in treatment settings and the court.
AB - A growing number of persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders are involved in the criminal justice system, with an associated rise in the number of these individuals appearing before the court. Increasingly, “problem-solving courts” or “specialty courts” (e.g., drug courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts, community courts, re-entry courts) have been implemented to move beyond case processing to address the underlying issues that brought the defendant to court in the first place. In linking participants with co-occurring disorders to treatment alternatives, judges are testing the ways in which the specialty courts can serve as a therapeutic agent. This source document is intended to provide specialty court staff an overview of the characteristics and needs of individuals with co-occurring disorders, as well as to describe best practices associated with positive outcomes both in treatment settings and the court.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/358
UR - https://secure.ce-credit.com/articles/100969/CoOccurringSpecialty04.pdf
M3 - Article
JO - The National Gains Center and the Tampa Center for Jail Diversion, a Branch of the National Gains Center
JF - The National Gains Center and the Tampa Center for Jail Diversion, a Branch of the National Gains Center
ER -