Do timely mental health services reduce re-incarceration among prison releasees with severe mental illness?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether the receipt of timely mental health services is associated with changes in criminal justice interactions.

Data sources

We used linked administrative data from Medicaid, mental health, and criminal justice settings in Washington State for persons with severe mental illness released from prison (n = 3086).

Study design

We estimate local and average treatment effects to examine measures of criminal justice use in the year following release as a function of timely mental health services.

Data extraction methods

Measures of timely service and criminal justice use within 12 months postrelease were created from administrative data.

Principal findings

Individuals receiving timely mental health services are more likely to experience p

SUBMITTER: Domino ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6505414 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature