OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe the use of criminal charges, sanctions (primarily
jail), and other strategies mental health courts use to mandate adherence to community …

Mental health courts (MHCs) have become widespread in the United States as a form of
diversion for justice-involved individuals with mental illness. Sanctions and incentives are …

Law & Psychiatry operated until 1992, when it was temporarily suspended. It was revived as
the PAIR Mental Health Diversion Project in 1996 and continued to serve only mentally ill …

Mental health courts (MHCs) represent an important new development at the interface of the
criminal justice and mental health systems. MHCs are criminal courts for persons with …

Mental health courts are emerging in communities across the country to address the growing
number of individuals with serious mental illness in jails and the complex issues they …

Objective The authors examined the outcomes of mental health consultation provided to a
municipal court and the court's resulting interventions for mentally ill persons who committed …

Despite the centrality of community treatment to the identity and mission of mental health
courts, research on what treatment is actually provided by mental health courts is scarce …

This article examines congressional testimony preceding the passage of legislation
authorizing federal funds for mental health courts and makes the case for the importance of …

justice involvement can serve as an opportunity to connect people to appropriate
treatment;(3) appropriate treatment can improve the symptoms of mental illnesses and …

To reduce criminal justice involvement of persons with mental disorders, many communities
have created mental health courts. Early mental health courts were restricted to persons …