Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Court with Judge Oscar Kazen

04/07/2025 39 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we are joined by Hon. Oscar Kazen, the Presiding Judge of Bexar County Probate Court 1. He tells us about his AOT Court, which provides outpatient treatment under civil court order to individuals with severe mental illness. Judge Kazen's court was the first fully operational civil AOT court in Texas.AOT resources mentioned in this episode can be found on the JCMH website under "Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)". If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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