Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Psychiatry.1.001
The Future of Jail-Based Competency Treatment: Commentary from 30,000 Feet
Jerry L. Jennings1,*, Kevin Rice1
- 1Liberty Healthcare Corporation, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA
Corresponding Author
Jerry L. Jennings, jerry.jennings@libertyhealth.com
Received Date: July 12, 2022
Accepted Date: October 19, 2022
Jennings J, Rice K. The Future of Jail-Based Competency Treatment: Commentary from 30,000 Feet. Arch Psychiatry. 2022;1(1):1-6.
Copyright: © 2022 Jennings J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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