Mandated Community Treatment of the Mentally Ill

About the Project

Faculty have worked with the MacArthur Foundation Network on Mandated Community Treatment to examine the use of mandated community treatment of the mentally ill, including outpatient commitment, special conditions linked to housing for persons with mental illness, and conditional release from jail. This research project includes sites in Tampa, Chicago, Worchester (MA), Raleigh/Durham (NC), and San Francisco, and involves interviews with over 1,000 persons with mental illness who have received court-ordered mental health treatment.

Principal Investigator

John Petrila, JD, LLM

Funding Agency

MacArthur Foundation Network on Mandated Community Treatment

Dates

03/01/2003 - 12/31/2003