## Abstract Without active engagement, many adults with serious mental illnesses remain untreated in the community and commit criminal offenses, resulting in their placement in the jails rather than mental health facilities. A mental health treatment court (MHTC) with an assertive community treatme
Efficacy of a Mental Health Treatment Court with assertive community treatment
โ Scribed by Merith Cosden; Jeffrey Ellens; Jeffrey Schnell; Yasmeen Yamini-Diouf
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0735-3936
- DOI
- 10.1002/bsl.638
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