Resource Letter for Judges and Attorneys Handling Cases Involving Mental Health and IDD

April 11, 2023

This resource letter is designed to facilitate communication among the JCMH, the judiciary, attorneys, and mental health stakeholders. Please forward this letter to any judges, attorneys, mental health professionals, law enforcement, or other community and state leaders who might be interested. To ensure that you regularly receive this letter, please click on the subscribe button at the bottom of this page, if you have not already. 

Grant Writing Training

The Specialty Court Resource Center worked with the National Drug Court Resource Center to create a grant writing webinar and checklist. The presentation provides grant applicants with guidance on how to develop a competitive grant proposal. The webinar can be viewed here.


IDD Suicide Prevention Flyers

HHSC’s Suicide Prevention Team recently released informational flyers on suicide prevention for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The flyer is available in English and Spanish. Additional suicide prevention resources are available here.


Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Webinar

Dr. Mark Munetz is the co-developer of the Sequential Intercept Model and a nationally recognized expert in community psychiatry. A new webinar from Dr. Munetz, The Sequential Intercept Model: Using AOT to Reduce the Need for Competency Restoration, is now available at SMI Adviser. AOT is a tool that courts and mental health systems employ to address non-adherence to treatment. The webinar will focus on how the use of AOT can impact people across the sequential intercept model, including how AOT can be used to reduce the need for inpatient competency restoration services. Note that viewers will need to create a free SMI Adviser account to access the webinar.

For a complete list of Resources, please visit the Judicial Commission on Mental Health webpage. Information provided by the JCMH should not be read as a commentary by the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, or any other court. The JCMH website is not equipped to facilitate dialogue or conversation about matters related to the information in this communication. For more information about the JCMH, please visit our website.

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