Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment

Providing participants with access to a continuum of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment (and co-occurring disorder treatment) services is a hallmark feature of the treatment court model (BPS #5). A wealth of empirical research has found that programs providing participants with access to treatment services that address criminal thinking patterns have positive outcomes. These resources outline what specific clinical treatment modalities are most effective with the treatment court population (and known sub-populations).