Effects of scarcity on women's cognitive ability to manage mental health and substance use after prison release.

ABSTRACT: This study examines how the scarcity women experience returning to the community after prison affects cognitive functioning, leading to impulsive decisions that harm their health. Women (n = 92) with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders were assessed 5-6 months before, 1 month before (n = 59), and 1 month after (n = 66) prison release using cognitive functioning (fluid intelligence, impulsiveness, persistence, attention, pre-occupation), clinical (cravings, mental health, substance use, treatment received), and scarcity measures. We examined: (1) effects of hypothetical scarcity during incarceration on transient cognitive, craving, and clinical variables; (2) real-world changes in cognitive and clinical variables from baseline through release and their correlation with sc

SUBMITTER: Johnson JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528424 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature