Drug courts and mental health courts: Implications for social work

Health and Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Tyuse, Sabrina W ^a   Linhorst, Donald M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug courts; Mental health courts; Mental illness; Specialized courts; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944446383     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/30.3.233     Document Type: Review

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