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| Annette ChristySummaryAffiliation: University of South Florida Country: USA Publications
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Emergency commitment of people residing in assisted living facilitiesAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Community Ment Health J 48:219-22. 2012..This includes availability of mental health services for these populations, the role of client characteristics, and how licensing of ALFs relates to emergency commitment of ALF residents...
The reported prevalence of mandated community treatment in two Florida samplesAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida Room MHC 2620, Tampa, FL 33612 3807, USA
Behav Sci Law 21:493-502. 2003..g. "outpatient commitment") may mean different things to different respondents...
Evaluating the efficiency and community safety goals of the Broward County Mental Health CourtAnnette Christy
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Behav Sci Law 23:227-43. 2005..These findings suggest that some of the benefits associated with the MHC reported in prior studies were not achieved at the expense of efficiency and safety...
Who initiates emergency commitments?Annette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Community Ment Health J 46:188-91. 2010..Potential policy and fiscal implications, as well as future directions for research, are discussed...
Short term involuntary psychiatric examination of children in FloridaAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MHC2335, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:578-84. 2006..Areas of future research on this topic are discussed. The implications of the nature of examinations and patterns of repeated examinations are discussed...
Short-term involuntary examination of older adults in FloridaAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, MHC2637, Tampa, FL, USA
Behav Sci Law 25:615-28. 2007..These research and policy issues will also be discussed...
Florida's outpatient commitment law: a lesson in failed reform?John Petrila
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, MHC 2738, Tampa, FL 33617, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:21-3. 2008....
Clinical outcomes of defendants in mental health courtRoger A Boothroyd
Florida Mental Health Institute, The University of South Florida, Tampa, 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:829-34. 2005..This study compared changes in symptoms in a sample of defendants in Broward County mental health court with such changes in a comparison sample of defendants in a regular court...
Emergency commitment from nursing homesAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612 3807, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 12:551-3. 2011..The purpose of this study was to describe emergency commitment of residents from nursing homes and to discuss relevant policy issues...
Factors affecting jail detention of defendants adjudicated incompetent to proceedAnnette Christy
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Behav Sci Law 28:707-16. 2010..These issues are discussed in the context of controversy related to Florida's forensic mental health system, as well as issues related to the political process and funding of the state's mental health authority...
Involuntary psychiatric examinations for danger to others in Florida after the attacks of September 11, 2001Ralph A Catalano
Department of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:858-62. 2005..This study tested the hypothesis that evaluations for involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations that were initiated by law enforcement personnel in Florida increased in the weeks after the attacks of September 11, 2001...
Rediversion in two postbooking jail diversion programs in FloridaMarcus T Boccaccini
Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:835-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The diversion programs examined here appear to be experiencing a level of repeating clients similar to that observed in other pathways for accessing mental health treatment...
Rates of unemployment and incidence of police-initiated examinations for involuntary hospitalization in FloridaEric R Kessell
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 22 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1435-9. 2006..This study tested the hypothesis that contraction of regional economies affects the incidence of involuntary admissions to psychiatric emergency services by reducing community tolerance for persons perceived as threatening to others...
Research Grants
- Guardianship for Persons with Mental IllnessesAnnette Christy; Fiscal Year: 2003..Medicaid and Medicare data from calendar years 1999 and 2000 will be analyzed to investigate the mental health service utilization of guardianship wards. ..
