Highly publicized acts of violence routinely spark reactions that place blame on the
perpetrator's presumed mental illness. Despite solid evidence that people with mental …

This paper summarises an ambitious research agenda aiming to uncover the factors that
affect help-seeking among young people for mental health problems. The research set out to …

OBJECTIVES: The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment
competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and …

This comprehensive clinical handbook provides virtually everything needed to plan, deliver,
and evaluate effective treatment for persons with substance abuse problems and persistent …

Previous work examining how individuals enter mental health treatment comes either from
the health services utilization tradition, which implicitly assumes that clients make decisions …

Winner of Medical Journalists' Association Specialist Readership Award 2010 Recovery is
widely endorsed as a guiding principle of mental health policy. Recovery brings new rules …

Antipsychotic medications are sometimes imposed on psychiatric patients deemed
dangerous to themselves and others. This is based on the assumption that treatment is safe …

Containing 50 chapters by some of the most prominent clinical neuropsychologists, the
Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychology sets a new standard in the field in its scope, breadth …

Based on qualitative observation and quantitative data from eight mental health courts
(MHCs), this article argues that observed reductions in recidivism from participation in MHC …

Coercive treatment regimens have increased in variety and intensity over the past decade
and include such options as outpatient commitment (OPC) and mental health courts. The …