WrittenBy: Roger Peters

This document provides a guide for newly assigned judges that are expected to preside over a drug court program to serve as a quick primer to assist them in (a) becoming familiar with the key elements and evidence-based practices that should be reflected in the treatment services provided to drug co… Continue Reading A Technical Assistance Guide For Drug Court Judges on Drug Court Treatment Services

Topics: Care Management, Confidentiality, Court Rules, Cultural Competency, Cultural Issues, Culture, Drug Court, Drug Testing, Evidence-based Practices, Incentives, Judge, Medicated Assisted Treatment, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Health Needs, Participants, Phases, Recomendations, Recovery, Recovery Support, Sanction, Sanctions and Incentives, Substance, Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services

This document provides the six steps to improve drug court outcomes for individuals suffering from co-occurring disorders.

Topics: Mental Health, Mental Health Needs, Participants, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services

Furthermore, these individuals. remain in jail and prison longer than persons without CODs. Council of State Governments, 2012), are more difficult to man-. age in custodial settings (Houser & Welsh, 2014), and are more. likely to be reincarcerated within 1 year of discharge than those. with only a… Continue Reading

Topics: Disorders, General Criminal Justice, Mental, Substance

This document is a fact sheet that advises drug court professionals about how to improve their drug courts for persons with co-occurring disorders in six steps.

Topics: Drug Court, Mental Health, Mental Health Needs, Outcome

This document seeks to highlight the components of drug courts that are beneficial to apply to further improve their quality overall.

Topics: Treatment