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Assessing the effectiveness of mental health courts: A quantitative review
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The findings suggest that MHCs are an effective intervention but this assertion is not definitive as many of the studies are not as strong as would be ideal thus limiting the conclusions.About:
This article is published in Journal of Criminal Justice.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 166 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mental health court & Mental health.read more
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Beyond the “Revolving Door?”: Incentives and Criminal Recidivism in a Mental Health Court:
TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-methods approach was used to evaluate the effectiveness of one specialized mental health court (MHC) on different measures of criminal recidivism with logistic regression, event history analysis, and negative binomial regression.
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Exploring Stigmatization and Stigma Management in Mental Health Court: Assessing Modified Labeling Theory in a New Context
Bradley Ray,Cindy Brooks Dollar +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether the stigma management strategies defendants anticipate using after mental health court exit are associated with their reported experiences during court and found that participants generally perceive the mental health courts as procedurally just, did not experience stigmatizing shame, and anticipate using the inclusionary coping strategy of education over the exclusionary strategies of secrecy and withdrawal.
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Mental Health Court Participants' Perspectives of Success: What Key Outcomes Are We Missing?
Kelli E. Canada,Brad Ray +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored mental health court participants' perceptions of how the mental health courts impacted them and found that participants identified four salient successes that they perceived to result from mental healthcourt participation: improved psychiatric stability, sobriety, improved relationships, and increased engagement in life and mental health.
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A Process Evaluation of Toronto's First Youth Mental Health Court
TL;DR: In this paper, a process evaluation of Toronto’s first youth mental health court is presented, with case-processing time comparable to that of traditional youth courts; completers were more likely than non-completers to have a mental health diagnosis and higher initial treatment motivation.
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First-Episode Psychosis and the Criminal Justice System: Using a Sequential Intercept Framework to Highlight Risks and Opportunities
TL;DR: This column reviews the evidence pointing to heightened risks and highlights opportunities, using a sequential intercept model, for collaboration between mental health services and existing diversionary programs, particularly for patients whose behavior has already brought them to the attention of the criminal justice system.
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A Coefficient of agreement for nominal Scales
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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
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