Association between contact with mental health and substance use services and reincarceration after release from prison.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People released from prison who experience mental health and substance use problems are at high risk of reincarceration. This study aimed to examine the association between contact with mental health and substance use treatment services, and reincarceration, among adults released from prison.

Methods

Pre-release survey data from 1,115 adults released from prisons in Queensland, Australia were linked with administrative health and correctional records covering a median of 787 days post-release. We constructed marginal structural Cox proportional hazards models, adjusting for pre-release variables and time-varying indicators of emergent mental health and substance use problems, to examine the association between contact with mental health and substance use treatment

SUBMITTER: Thomas EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9451082 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature