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Mental Health Courts Help Afflicted

By John M Grohol PsyD
February 21, 2005

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.

Dr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues, and the intersection of technology and psychology since 1992.

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