Out of jail and into treatment: stakeholders in a Texas county work to improve the lives of offenders with serious mental illness. From: Behavioral Healthcare | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Dayak, Meena; Gonzales, Gilbert | COPYRIGHT 2006 Vendome Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Paul Eisenhauer trains police officers on how to handle offenders with schizophrenia. Once, an officer came up to him and said, "A lot of people are scared of schizophrenics." Eisenhauer responded, "A lot of people are scared of cops."

Eisenhauer certainly knows how people with schizophrenia react in encounters with the justice system, for he suffers from the disorder himself. Years ago, Eisenhauer frequently was arrested and jailed, often for minor offenses such as tres...

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