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Six Steps to Improve Your Drug Court Outcomes for Adults with Co-Occurring Disorders
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Steadman, Henry J. Peters, Roger H. Carpenter, Christine Mueser, Kim T. Jaeger, Norma D. Gordon, Richard Fisler, Carol Goss, Stephen Olson, Eric Osher, Fred C. Noether, Chanson D. Hardin, Carolyn |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Treatment Court Models Adult treatment courts generally comprise three main types: drug courts, mental health courts, and co-occurring courts. Drug courts are the most abundant and standardized because of federal funding and regulation. Mental health courts and co-occurring courts are alternatives to incarceration and are more varied as a result of evolving independently in their jurisdictions. Table 1 on page 2 highlights some major differences between these treatment courts. Flexibility No matter which type of court you have, the key to treating participants with co-occurring disorders is flexibility. People with difficulty thinking, concentrating, or controlling emotions are not able to successfully participate in standard therapeutic groups or 12-step programs (Mueser et al., 2003). However, remaining flexible and using individualized criteria does not mean the participant faces no rules or expectations for change. Courts might need to apply a different paradigm to Six Steps to Improve Your Drug Court Outcomes for Adults with Co-Occurring Disorders |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/cms-assets/documents/200790-422255.r1-ndci-gains-six-steps-cod-2013.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/cms-assets/documents/131624-149744.six-steps-cod-slides.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ndci.org/sites/default/files/nadcp/C-O-FactSheet.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.ndci.org/wp-content/uploads/C-O-FactSheet.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
