Competency and Mental Health Courts
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 09, Number 04, November/December 2007 , pp.60-60(1)
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Abstract:
A Bazelton Center study raises questions about whether programs designed to divert the chronically mentally ill from the criminal justice system can operate effectively without considering issues of competency to stand trial and competency to consent to treatment.Keywords: Kathleen P. Stafford & Dustin B. Wygant, Akron, Ohio Mental Health Court, assertive community treatment
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