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2) Persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: the challenge and Colorado's response
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Issue brief volume 08-02
Pub. Date
2008.
6) Persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: the challenge and Colorado's response
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Issue brief volume 04-07
Pub. Date
2004.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Comprehensive crisis response and stabilization services have long been considered a crucial element of public behavioral health systems. There is a considerable body of evidence suggesting that comprehensive crisis services can improve outcomes for consumers, reduce inpatient hospital stays and costs, and facilitate access to other necessary behavioral health services and supports. In many communities, crisis response services also perform important...
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2013.
Description
Access and availability to behavioral health crisis services continues to be a gap in Colorado's behavioral health system. The goals of crisis services are to improve access to the most appropriate treatment resources and to decrease the utilization of hospital emergency departments, jails, prisons, and homeless programs for behavioral health emergencies.