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Mental Health Courts Help Afflicted

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Mental Health Courts Help Afflicted

When she was ordered to prison for a methamphetamine conviction, the sentencing judge — Moss — offered her an alternative. If Reese would successfully complete mental health court, he said, she could avoid her prison sentence.

But graduating from mental health court was no easy task.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2005
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Grohol, J. (2005). Mental Health Courts Help Afflicted. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/02/21/mental-health-courts-help-afflicted/

 

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