My last blog discussed some of the research that has been done on the risk of violence associated with people with schizophrenia, so in this entry I decided to discuss some of the interactions people with serious mental illness have with the criminal justice system.
In the last two decades there have been several efforts to improve the services available for people with serious mental illness who become involved with the police. These efforts include training of police officers,...
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