… ► We used quantitative analysis to examine mental health court interventions. ► Eighteen
published and unpublished studies were analyzed. ► Our findings suggest they are effective …

… However, this article compared the mental health court group who had intensive mental
health services (assertive community treatment) with a TAU group who had less intensive …

… elect to participate in the mental health court will typically be required to comply with an
individually tailored treatment program designed by the mental health court team. The benefit of …

… However, research on these specialty courts has not kept pace with their growth. There are
… In this study, we present survey data from all US mental health courts existing at the time of …

… How will we know if mental health courts are effective? The … procedural complexity of mental
health courts drives the research … effects associated with mental health courts. The article …

… and their own pre-mental health court histories. There was … the course of enrollment in the
court. Observations of the MHC … these courts are truly effective and if so, for whom and why. …

… mental health courts, which currently exist in forty-three states. This Article examines the two
utilitarian justifications proposed by mental health court … justify mental health courts because …

… We thank the seven participating mental health courts for their cooperation.Correspondence
concerning this article should be addressed to Allison D. Redlich, Policy Research …

… The King County District Mental Health Court … Court began operating a mental health court
(SMMHC), but without being formally identified in either the municipal code or municipal court …

… Although there are currently fewer than a score of mental health courts in the country, the …
$4 million for mental health courts in 2002. Mental health courts are analogous to drug courts. …