Research

• August 2019

  2019 Jail Diversion Pilot Summit

  Hosted by the Mental Health Diversion Council and the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice, this in-person event included a presentation of data findings and a panel discussion of best practices for diversion at each intercept of the Sequential Intercept Model. The event also included a presentation by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II.

  Diversion

  Summit
• September 2018

  EMS naloxone administration as non‐fatal opioid overdose surveillance: 6‐year outcomes in Marion County, Indiana

  This study uses naloxone administration as an indicator of opioid overdose events to examine mortality following non-fatal overdose, explore the frequency of non-fatal overdose events and causes of mortality and identify characteristics of non-fatal overdose patients at heightened risk of mortality. A retrospective investigation was conducted of all cases in Marion County, Indiana between January 2011 and December 2016 where emergency medical services used naloxone to resuscitate a patient. Among US emergency medical service patients administered naloxone for opioid overdose, those with repeat non-fatal opioid overdose events are at a much higher risk of mortality, particularly drug-related mortality, than those without repeat events.

  Harm reduction

  Publication
• August 2012

  Assessing the role of legal actors across eight mental health courts

  Mental health court (MHC) is based on a premise of collaboration between various legal actors and mental health professionals. MHCs use a non-adversarial team approach in which criminal justice and mental health stakeholders come together to develop individually tailored plans for mentally ill offenders. This paper discusses the role of legal actors involved in MHC processes and the ways in which these individuals implement the therapeutic jurisprudence perspective in this setting. The authors examine similarities and differences in the implementation of therapeutic jurisprudence by legal actors across eight different MHCs within the same state.

  Diversion

  Publication
• January 2011

  Co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders within a countywide system: who interfaces with the jail and who does not?

  This publication aims to determine the prevalence of co-occurring substance use disorder (COD) within the community mental (CMH) system, to highlight the likelihood of incarceration over time for those with COD and to compare characteristics of individuals with COD who were incarcerated with those who were not. Similar to other administrative data reviews across the country, the 48 months of administrative data analyzed show a lower than expected number of individuals diagnosed with COD within the CMH database. Additionally, those who were jailed were more likely to be younger and have psychiatric diagnoses along with substance dependence. The majority experienced incarceration with a median length stay of 14 days.

  Diversion

  Publication