Works (34)
Updated: July 5th, 2023 16:04
2017 book
Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems, 3rd Edition
In HANDBOOK FOR THE STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH: SOCIAL CONTEXTS, THEORIES, AND SYSTEMS, 3RD EDITION (pp. 1–798).
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 26, 2018
2016 journal article
Longer-term impacts of mental health courts: Recidivism two years after exit
Psychiatric Services, 67(4), 378–383.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Predictors of mental health court graduation
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20(2), 191–199.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Procedural justice in mental health court: An investigation of the relation of perception of procedural justice to non-adherence and termination
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 25(3), 321–340.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Effectiveness 2 years postexit of a recently established mental health court
American Behavioral Scientist, 57(2), 189–208.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Effectiveness of a short-term mental health court: Criminal recidivism one year postexit
Law and Human Behavior, 37(6), 401–411.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Arrests two years after exiting a well-established mental health court
Psychiatric Services, 61(5), 463–468.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Procedural justice and the mental health court judge's role in reducing recidivism
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 33(4), 265–271.
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Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Mental health court outcomes: A comparison of re-arrest and re-arrest severity between mental health court and traditional court participants
LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 30(6), 659–674.
author keywords: mental health court; diversion; coerced treatment
MeSH headings : Adult; Chi-Square Distribution; Criminal Law / organization & administration; Criminal Psychology; Female; Forensic Psychiatry / organization & administration; Humans; Law Enforcement; Least-Squares Analysis; Logistic Models; Male; Mental Disorders / prevention & control; Mental Disorders / psychology; Mental Health; Mentally Ill Persons / psychology; Mentally Ill Persons / statistics & numerical data; Multivariate Analysis; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Prisoners / psychology; Prisoners / statistics & numerical data; Regression Analysis; Southeastern United States
TL;DR:
Multivariate models support the prediction that mental health courts reduce the number of new arrests and the severity of such re-arrests among mentally ill offenders.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 review
PLC or TLC: Is outpatient commitment the/an answer?
[Review of ]. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29(6), 451–468.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Putting community risk in perspective: A look at correlations, causes and controls
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29, 451–468.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 review
Double jeopardy: Adolescent offenders with mental disorders
[Review of ]. Contemporary Sociology, 34(5), 547–548.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Civil commitment and arrests
Current Opinon in Psychiatry, 16(5), 575–580.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 review
Outpatient commitment - The state of empirical research on its outcomes
[Review of ]. PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW, 9(1-2), 8–32.
MeSH headings : Advance Directives; Coercion; Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence; Community Mental Health Services; Empirical Research; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Mandatory Programs; Mentally Ill Persons; New York City; North Carolina; Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data; Psychotic Disorders / rehabilitation; Research Design; Treatment Outcome; Violence / prevention & control; Violence / statistics & numerical data; Voluntary Programs
TL;DR:
This article presents issues not addressed by the empirical studies on outpatient commitment but that need to be addressed in order to understand the choice of using the law to force persons with mental illness to comply with treatment and receive services in the community.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Impact of outpatient commitment on victimization of people with severe mental illness
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 159(8), 1403–1411.
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence; Commitment of Mentally Ill / statistics & numerical data; Crime Victims / psychology; Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders / diagnosis; Mental Disorders / psychology; Mental Disorders / therapy; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; Multivariate Analysis; North Carolina / epidemiology; Patient Compliance / psychology; Patient Discharge; Probability; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; Violence / prevention & control; Violence / psychology; Violence / statistics & numerical data
TL;DR:
Multivariate analysis indicated that each additional day of outpatient commitment reduced the risk of criminal victimization and that outpatient commitment had its effect through improved medication adherence, reduced substance use or abuse, and fewer violent incidents.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
The perceived coerciveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: Findings from an experimental study
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 30(2), 207–217.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
A randomized controlled trial of outpatient commitment in North Carolina
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 52(3), 325–329.
MeSH headings : Case Management; Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence; Community Mental Health Services / legislation & jurisprudence; Crime / statistics & numerical data; Crime Victims; Deinstitutionalization; Humans; Mood Disorders / drug therapy; North Carolina; Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods; Patient Compliance; Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data; Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy; Violence / statistics & numerical data
TL;DR:
Outpatient commitment can improve treatment outcomes when the court order is sustained and combined with relatively intensive community treatment, particularly effective among individuals with psychotic disorders.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce arrests among persons with severe mental illness?
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR, 28(2), 156–189.
TL;DR:
Extended OPC was found to be significantly associated with reduced arrest probability in a subgroup with a prior history of multiple hospitalizations combined with prior arrests and/or violent behavior, and reduction in risk of violent behavior was a significant mediating factor in the association between OPC and arrest.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Effects of involuntary outpatient commitment and depot antipsychotics on treatment adherence in persons with severe mental illness
JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 189(9), 583–592.
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage; Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Delayed-Action Preparations; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders / drug therapy; Middle Aged; Patient Compliance; Treatment Outcome
TL;DR:
Those who underwent sustained periods of outpatient commitment (6 months or more) were significantly more likely to remain adherent with medication and other treatment, compared with those who underwent only brief outpatient commitment or none.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Victimization: A link between mental illness and violence?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY, 24(6), 559–572.
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Crime Victims; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders / epidemiology; Mental Disorders / psychology; Middle Aged; United States / epidemiology; Violence / statistics & numerical data
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals
American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(12), 1968–1975.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Consumer perceptions of involuntary outpatient commitment
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 50(11), 1489–1491.
MeSH headings : Adult; Ambulatory Care / legislation & jurisprudence; Attitude to Health; Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders / psychology; Mental Disorders / therapy; Middle Aged; North Carolina; Patient Compliance / psychology; Patient Satisfaction; Treatment Outcome
TL;DR:
People with severe and persistent mental illness who were awaiting a period of outpatient commitment perceived that the court order for outpatient commitment required them to keep their appointments at the mental health center and to take medication as prescribed.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Criminal victimization of persons with severe mental illness
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 50(1), 62–68.
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Alcoholism / epidemiology; Alcoholism / rehabilitation; Ambulatory Care; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Crime Victims / psychology; Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mental Disorders / epidemiology; Mental Disorders / rehabilitation; Middle Aged; North Carolina / epidemiology; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology; Psychotic Disorders / rehabilitation; Risk Factors; Schizophrenia / epidemiology; Schizophrenia / rehabilitation; Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation; Violence / statistics & numerical data
TL;DR:
A substantial rate of violent criminal victimization among persons with severe and persistent mental illness is found, and results suggest that substance use and homelessness makecriminal victimization more likely.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 review
Out of the shadows: Confronting America's mental illness crisis
[Review of ]. Contemporary Sociology, 28(4), 472–473.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 article
Violent behavior preceding hospitalization among persons with severe mental illness
Swanson, J., Borum, R., Swartz, M., & Hiday, V. (1999, April). LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, Vol. 23, pp. 185–204.
MeSH headings : Adult; Commitment of Mentally Ill / statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders / epidemiology; Multivariate Analysis; North Carolina / epidemiology; Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Violence / psychology
TL;DR:
Characteristics of violent behavioral events in a sample of 331 people with psychotic or major mood disorders who were placed on involuntary outpatient commitment in North Carolina showed that cooccurring substance abuse problems, history of criminal victimization, and age were significantly associated with violent behavior.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Male-female differences in the setting and construction of violence among people with severe mental illness
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, 33, S68–S74.
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders / epidemiology; Mental Disorders / psychology; Middle Aged; Sex Factors; Social Environment; Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders / psychology; United States / epidemiology; Violence / psychology; Violence / statistics & numerical data
TL;DR:
In multivariate analysis when other relevant predictors were controlled, gender was significant in predicting only the most inclusive indicator of violence and only in interaction with substance abuse problems.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
5. Gender Equality
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Psychiatric impairment, social contact, and violent behavior: evidence from a study of outpatient-committed persons with severe mental disorder
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, 33, S86–S94.
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Ambulatory Care; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Community Mental Health Services; Female; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Mental Disorders / psychology; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Social Facilitation; Social Support; Violence / psychology
TL;DR:
The findings suggest that social contact may be a mixed blessing for SMI individuals – for some, it signals a positive quality of life, but for others – particularly those with extreme psychiatric impairment – frequent contact may add to conflict, stress, and increased potential and opportunity for physical violence.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Taking the wrong drugs: the role of substance abuse and medication noncompliance in violence among severely mentally ill individuals
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, 33, S75–S80.
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy; Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology; Psychotropic Drugs / adverse effects; Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use; Risk; Schizophrenia / drug therapy; Schizophrenia / epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders / psychology; Treatment Outcome; Treatment Refusal / psychology; Treatment Refusal / statistics & numerical data; Violence / psychology; Violence / statistics & numerical data
TL;DR:
It is suggested that reducing violence risk among persons with SMI requires an aggressive approach to improving medication adherence in the context of integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Violence and severe mental illness: The effects of substance abuse and nonadherence to medication
American Journal of Psychiatry, 155(2), 226–231.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Interpreting the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: A conceptual model
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 25(1), 5–16.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Patient perceptions of coercion in mental hospital admission
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY, 20(2), 227–241.
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Coercion; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Socioeconomic Factors; United States
TL;DR:
In the substantial empirical literature on civil commitment, the existence of coercion was assumed to be inherent in the process while the focus was on other components of commitment such as characteristics of actors and rates of commitment.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Substance abuse, violent behavior and police encounters among persons with severe mental disorders
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 13(1997), 236–249.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
The ethical challenges of a randomized controlled trial of involuntary outpatient commitment
Journal of Mental Health Administration, 24(1), 35–43.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 review
Understanding the connection between mental illness and violence
[Review of ]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY, 20(4), 399–417.
MeSH headings : Brain / abnormalities; Brain / physiopathology; Criminal Law / legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; Life Change Events; Mental Disorders / physiopathology; Mental Disorders / psychology; Severity of Illness Index; Socioeconomic Factors; Violence
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
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