Mental Health Courts
Mental Health Court - St. Louis County Courts - 21st Judicial Circuit
The Mental Health Court is a fourteen (14) month program for persons with clear indicators of mental illness and/or substance use dependence. Depending on the ...
Mental Health Courts Program | Overview
The Mental Health Courts Program funds projects that seek to mobilize communities to implement innovative, collaborative efforts that bring ...
Mental Health Court - St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Mental Health Court. The mission of the Mental Health Court program is to improve the probability of successful community rehabilitation - without risk to ...
Similar to other specialized court systems such as drug courts and veterans' courts, mental health courts are an alternative to navigating the criminal ...
Municipal Mental Health Court - St. Louis County Website
The St. Louis County Municipal Mental Health Court is limited to municipal offenses only. Program participation is voluntary for persons with misdemeanor or ...
Mental Health Courts - CSG Justice Center
Mental health courts are specialized court dockets for certain defendants with mental illnesses that substitute a problem-solving model for traditional criminal ...
A Look at Mental Health Courts - American Bar Association
Americans with mental illnesses—many of whom have co-occurring substance use disorders—are overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
Mental Health Courts: A Guide to Research-Informed
Referrals to a mental health court program most commonly come from defense attorneys, judges, jail staff, or family members. • Mental health courts employ ...
Examining Mental Health Courts - American Psychiatric Association
Mental health courts offer an alternative to the traditional judicial system. The general goals of mental health courts are to reduce recidivism and to improve ...
Mental health court - Wikipedia
Mental health court ... Mental health courts link offenders who would ordinarily be prison-bound to long-term community-based treatment. They rely on mental ...
Mental Health Courts - collaborative_justice - California Courts
How do they work? · Mental health courts only accept people with demonstrable mental illnesses that can be connected to the individual's illegal behavior.
Mental Health Court Overview - St. Louis County Courts
Address: 105 South Central Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105 | Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Phone: 314-615-8029
Behavioral Health and the State Courts | NCSC
The Task Force spent two years developing tools, resources, best practices, and policy recommendations for the state courts to help in their efforts to ...
Mental Health Courts - National Treatment Court Resource Center
View our collection of sample operational documents for Mental Health Treatment Courts sorted by function.
Mental Health Courts - Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Mental health courts serve the challenging and extensive service needs of people who have a serious mental illness and are involved in the criminal justice ...
Mental Health Courts and Their Selection Processes - PubMed Central
Admission into mental health courts is based on a complicated and often variable decision-making process that involves multiple parties representing different ...
Mental Health Courts - Overview | NYCOURTS.GOV
Overview New York State's Mental Health Courts (MHCs) seek to improve safety, court operations, and the well-being of justice-involved individuals living ...
Louis Treatment Court also offers a Veterans Court, which seeks to divert military veterans with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders from the ...
What is a Mental Health Court? - Maryland Courts
What is a Mental Health Court? A Mental Health Court is a specialized court docket established for defendants with mental illness that substitutes a problem- ...
Mental health courts can struggle to live up to their promise - NPR
Mental health courts connect people to treatment and keep them out of jail. But they also often come at the price of a guilty plea, ...