Mental health courts as a way to provide treatment to violent persons with severe mental illness

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-724

  Lamb, H Richard ^a,b   Weinberger, Linda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRISON; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 49249087659     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.6.722     Document Type: Note

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