The authors make the case for expanding the national discussion of inpatient psychiatric
beds to recognize and incorporate other vital components of the continuum of care in order …

Competency-related services are rising at an unprecedented rate in the United States. Many
states are in the midst of lawsuits and legal maneuvering to deal with long wait lists for …

IntroductionWe examined physical violence in a large, multihospital state psychiatric system
during 2011–2013, and associated demographic and clinical characteristics of violent …

Abstract Across the United States, court orders for competence to stand trial (CST)
evaluations and competence restoration services have been increasing much more rapidly …

In response to consistently increasing numbers of individuals found incompetent to stand
trial, some states have identified community-based or “outpatient” competency restoration …

People with mental illness make up a disproportionate share of the criminal justice–involved
population. The passage of critical new reforms affecting health care for vulnerable …

Background: This paper argues that the decline in the availability of long-term, intensive
mental health services, particularly through state mental health hospital systems, has had …

When criminal defendants have symptoms of mental illness so severe that they interfere with
their participation in criminal justice proceedings, criminal courts may find those criminal …

Psychosocial interventions are part of the complex understanding and treatment of violent
behavior in our state mental health hospitals. A comprehensive assessment of violence and …

When a criminal court finds a criminal defendant incompetent to stand trial, the court usually
orders competence restoration services to provide treatment until the defendant can …