Integrating a co-occurring disorders intervention in drug courts: an open pilot trial

D Smelson, I Farquhar, W Fisher, K Pressman… - … mental health journal, 2019 - Springer
Little research has focused on systematically integrating clinical treatment within existing
drug court procedures. This could be particularly useful for clients with substance use …

Engaging vulnerable populations in drug treatment court: Six month outcomes from a co-occurring disorder wraparound intervention

PM Shaffer, CP Rodriguez, A Gaba, T Byrne… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Although drug treatment courts (DTCs) have demonstrated positive outcomes,
participants with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (CODs) are a high …

Integrating a co-occurring disorders intervention in a rural drug treatment court: Preliminary 6-month outcomes and policy implications

PM Shaffer, DA Smelson, A Gaba, SC Casey - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Little research has focused on systematically integrating clinical treatment within drug court
settings (a type of specialty court, and the most popular type of alternative to incarceration …

Testing implementation facilitation for uptake of an evidence-based psychosocial intervention in VA homeless programs: a hybrid type III trial

DA Smelson, V Yakovchenko, T Byrne… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Healthcare systems face difficulty implementing evidence-based practices,
particularly multicomponent interventions. Additional challenges occur in settings serving …

Implementing a complex psychosocial intervention for unstably housed Veterans: A realist-informed evaluation case study

V Yakovchenko, MB McCullough… - Implementation …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Only 7% of individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use
disorder (COD) receive services for both conditions. We implemented and evaluated …

Embedding a co-occurring disorders rehabilitation intervention in veterans courts: A pilot study with male veterans

DA Smelson, A Gaba, K Pressman, KM Clary… - … mental health journal, 2020 - Springer
Veterans treatment courts (VTCs) have expanded dramatically despite their limited empirical
base. This pilot study examined MISSION-Criminal Justice (CJ), a co-occurring disorders …

Permanent supportive housing and specialized co-occurring disorders wraparound services for homeless individuals

DA Smelson, CK Perez, I Farquhar, T Byrne… - Journal of Dual …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Among individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, there is a high rate of co-
occurring mental health and substance use, which has traditionally been addressed through …

Identifying strategies to advance equitable implementation of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment in drug treatment courts: A study …

A Gaba, A LoVette, B Pridgen, M Taylor… - Journal of Clinical and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Introduction: Behavioral health treatment disparities by race and ethnicity are well
documented across the criminal legal system. Despite criminal legal settings such as drug …

A co-occurring disorders intervention for drug treatment court: 12-month pilot study outcomes

D Smelson, PM Shaffer… - Advances in Dual …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Many individuals in drug treatment courts (DTCs) have co-occurring mental health
and substance use disorders (COD), which can negatively impact treatment engagement …

[PDF][PDF] VetStar: Justice-involved veterans successful mental health diversion

KB Gittner, LS Gittner, JA Dennis… - Journal of Veterans …, 2022 - scholar.archive.org
Justice-involved veterans are a unique subpopulation with different mental health needs in
pre-trial diversion than civilians. Veteran diversion can be challenging, creating evaluation …