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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....
Congress restores the Americans With Disabilities Act to its original intentJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:878-9. 2009..These amendments overrule several decisions by the United States Supreme Court that narrowed the applicability of the ADA, and they restore the ADA to its original intent...
Medicaid enrollment rates among individuals arrested in the state of Florida before and at the time of arrestJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd, MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:93-6. 2011..This study examined Medicaid enrollment for all individuals arrested in Florida in fiscal year (FY) 2006...
Public expenditures related to the criminal justice system and to services for arrestees with a serious mental illnessJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:516-9. 2010....
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...
Characteristics and experiences of adults with a serious mental illness who were involved in the criminal justice systemRobert Constantine
Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MHC 2724, Tampa, FL 33647, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:451-7. 2010..This study identified characteristics and experiences of arrestees and jail inmates with a serious mental illness that were associated with misdemeanor and felony arrests and additional days in jail...
Association of involuntary psychiatric examination with probability of arrest of people with serious mental illnessJohn M Robst
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:1060-5. 2011..This study examined the association between the occurrence of an involuntary psychiatric examination under Florida civil commitment law and the probability of arrest during the next quarter...
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...
The Broward Mental Health Court: process, outcomes, and service utilizationRoger A Boothroyd
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Int J Law Psychiatry 26:55-71. 2003
Emerging issues in forensic mental healthJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Psychiatr Q 75:3-19. 2004....
Legal issues in maximum security institutions for people with mental illness: liberty, security, and administrative discretionJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33617, USA
Behav Sci Law 20:463-80. 2002..The article suggests that because of the diminishing oversight provided by the federal judiciary, institutional custodians have a particular obligation to ensure that individual rights are not overwhelmed by concerns with security...
Perceived coercion and procedural justice in the Broward mental health courtNorman G Poythress
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612-3899, USA
Int J Law Psychiatry 25:517-33. 2002
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...
The emerging debate over the shape of informed consent: can the doctrine bear the weight?John Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612 3807, USA
Behav Sci Law 21:121-33. 2003..It concludes with some suggestions on how research could inform this debate...
Law & Psychiatry: Overcoming ERISA as a barrier to managed care organizations' liability for utilization review decisionsJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, MHC 2738, Tampa, Florida, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:945-6. 2003
Emergency involuntary psychiatric examinations in FloridaAnnette McGaha
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:1171-2. 2002....
An introduction to special jurisdiction courtsJohn Petrila
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Int J Law Psychiatry 26:3-12. 2003
Competence to proceed in SVP commitment hearings: Irrelevant or fundamental due process right?Amanda M Fanniff
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Behav Sci Law 28:647-70. 2010....
The U.S Supreme Court narrows the definition of disability under the Americans With Disabilities ActJohn Petrila
Mental Health Law and Policy of the Louis fr la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the Universtity of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:797-798, 801. 2002
The use of criminal charges and sanctions in mental health courtsPatricia A Griffin
National GAINS Center for People With Co Occuring Disorders in the Justice System, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:1285-9. 2002....
Use of leverage to improve adherence to psychiatric treatment in the communityJohn Monahan
University of Virginia School of Law, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:37-44. 2005..Logistic regression was used to examine associations between clinical and demographic characteristics and receipt of different types of leverage...
Introduction to this issue: diversion from the criminal justice systemJohn Petrila
Behav Sci Law 23:161-2. 2005
Use of outpatient commitment or related civil court treatment orders in five U.S. communitiesMarvin S Swartz
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 238 Civitan Building, Box 3173, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:343-9. 2006..This study examined lifetime use rates and correlates of outpatient commitment or related civil court-ordered outpatient treatment in five U.S. communities...
Gender and psychopathy: an overview of important issues and introduction to the special issueTonia L Nicholls
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Port Coquitlam, Canada
Behav Sci Law 23:729-41. 2005..In this paper we provide an overview of some of the pressing issues confronting clinicians and researchers and provide an introduction to this special issue dedicated to gender and psychopathy...
From referral to disposition: case processing in seven mental health courtsHenry J Steadman
PRA Inc, Albany, NY 12054, USA
Behav Sci Law 23:215-26. 2005..In addition, the length of time from referral to diversion is much longer in these mental health courts than in other types of diversion programs. Implications of these findings are discussed...
The use of housing as leverage to increase adherence to psychiatric treatment in the communityPamela Clark Robbins
Policy Research Associates, Inc, 345 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:226-36. 2006....
Capacity to consent: a snapshot of contemporary legal and clinical issues. Proceedings from a symposium, 2004John Petrila
Behav Sci Law 24:409-628. 2006
Patterns of practice in mental health courts: A national surveyAllison D Redlich
Policy Research Associates, Inc, 345 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054, USA
Law Hum Behav 30:347-62. 2006..Further, jail sanction use was significantly predicted by increased judicial supervision and number of felons in the court. Implications for MHCs and social monitoring are discussed...
