ABSTRACTthe current study evaluated the outcomes of an outreach program that provides individualized services to people with severe mental illness who are legally involved. client outcomes included increased community ability and reduced homelessness for a group of 45 clients still receiving services from the program, and increased community ability and diminished severity of mental health symptoms for 50 clients who had been discharged from the program. only 2 of the 50 discharged clients (4%) were found to be incarcerated at termination; 1 other client (2%) was detained at termination through the ontario review Board.court support programs provide intensive and individualized support on a time-limited basis to persons with severe and persistent mental illness who are legally involved. the receipt of these services by an individual tim aubry, John sylvestre, and Jaclynne smith, school of psychology and centre for research on educational and community services, university of ottawa, ontario; Donna pettey and marnie smith, canadian mental health association, ottawa Branch.funding for the research was provided by the ontario ministry of health and long-term care through the ontario mental health foundation. We gratefully acknowledge the significant help provided by the managers, outreach workers, and administrative staff at cmha ottawa Branch with the data collection for the study. We also thank clients of the court outreach program for their participation in the study.correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to tim aubry, school of psychology and centre for research on educational and community services, university of ottawa, 34 stewart street, ottawa on K1n 6n5.
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