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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-07-2010 | Original Paper

Risk of Reincarceration Among Prisoners with Co-occurring Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders

Authors: Jacques Baillargeon, Joseph V. Penn, Kevin Knight, Amy Jo Harzke, Gwen Baillargeon, Emilie A. Becker

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 4/2010

Abstract

This study examined whether the presence of a comorbid substance use disorder increased the risk of criminal recidivism and reincarceration in prison inmates with a severe mental illness. Our analyses of more than 61,000 Texas prison inmates showed that those with a co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorder exhibited a substantially higher risk of multiple incarcerations over a 6-year period compared to inmates with psychiatric disorders alone or substance use disorders alone. Further research is needed to identify the factors associated with criminal recidivism among released prisoners with co-occurring disorders.

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Title: Risk of Reincarceration Among Prisoners with Co-occurring Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Authors: Jacques Baillargeon
Joseph V. Penn
Kevin Knight
Amy Jo Harzke
Gwen Baillargeon
Emilie A. Becker
Publication date: 01-07-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-009-0252-9

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