Predictors of incarceration among urban adults with co-occurring severe mental illness and a substance use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People with severe mental illness and a co-occurring substance use disorder (co-occurring disorders) who live in urban areas experience high rates of incarceration. This study examined sociodemographic, clinical, economic, and community integration factors as predictors of incarceration among people with co-occurring disorders.

Methods

This secondary analysis used data from a randomized controlled trial of assertive community treatment versus standard case management. In the parent study, researchers interviewed 198 people with co-occurring disorders from two urban mental health centers in Connecticut at baseline and every six months for three years. Researchers tracked incarceration, clinical engagement and status, employment, living situation, social relationship

SUBMITTER: Luciano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4294993 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature