Assessing the effectiveness of jail diversion programs for persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Steadman, Henry J ^b   Naples, Michelle ^a  

^a PRA Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAIL DIVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644394941     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.640     Document Type: Article

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