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County behavioral health briefs Carlsbad commission on CARE Act voluntary court pathway
Summary
San Diego County behavioral-health staff described the CARE Act's court-initiated, voluntary treatment pathway for adults with qualifying psychotic disorders, the county's early enrollment numbers and how local petitioning and outreach work in practice.
San Diego County Behavioral Health program manager Claude Winship told the Carlsbad Public Safety Commission that the CARE Act (Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment), signed in 2022, provides a court-supervised, voluntary path for adults with qualifying psychotic disorders to receive coordinated treatment and services.
"CARE Act is a voluntary program with court oversight," Winship said, stressing the program is not a mandate to force medication or treatment. He described qualifying diagnoses as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder and…
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