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Beyond Bars: Mental Health-Addictions and Criminal Justice Collaborations

This issue of the National Council Magazine focuses on the crisis in our nation's jails and prisons resulting from men and women with mental illnesses and substance use disorders incarcerated due to the lack of treatment opportunities and emphasizes the possibilities of effective services. It includes an interview with Dr. Fred Osher, Director of Health Systems and Services Policy at the CSG Justice Center, who discusses strategies that have successfully reduced justice involvement for people with mental illness.

Available online

http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/

Author(s)

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Date

2010

Publisher

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare