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SAMHSA News: Treatment as an Alternative to Jail for People with Mental Illness

SAMHSA News, March/April 2009, Vol. 17, No. 2

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Features jail diversion programs, such as drug courts and mental health courts, that provide treatment and reentry support for substance abuse and mental illness. Reports on underage drinking, misuse of prescription drug painkillers, and inhalants as poison.

Pub id: SAM09-172
Publication Date: 5/2009
Popularity: 539
Format: Newsletter
Audience: Program Planners, Administrators, & Project Managers, Policymakers, Prevention Professionals, Grant Seekers & Grantees, Researchers
Series: SAMHSA News
Population Group: People in the Criminal Justice System, Military & Veterans as Population Group

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reentry Support External Communication & Cooperation Substance Abuse Mental Illness Process Improvement Treatment Treatment Planning Diversion Alcohol Abuse Trauma

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