Digital Health Interventions for Mental Health, Substance Use, and Co-occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice Population: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use disorder (SUD), mental health disorders (MHD), and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders are common among criminal justice populations. Digital health interventions (DHI) represent an opportunity to expand co-occurring disorder treatment for justice involved populations, but efficacy data are lacking.

Objectives

The current scoping review aims to address this gap via following objectives: (1) Describe trends involving DHIs for MHD, SUD, or co-occurring disorders studied in criminal justice settings; and (2) review available evidence for the impact of DHIs on criminal justice-, substance-, and mental health-related outcomes.

Methods

PubMed was searched for relevant articles that met the follow inclusion criteria: (1) focus on c

SUBMITTER: Leach R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811209 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature