Care Pathways, Health Service Use Patterns and Opportunities for Justice Involvement Prevention Among Forensic Mental Health Clients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of the present study is to describe the patterns of health service use and of prescription claims in the year preceding an offense leading to a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder (NCRMD).

Methods

Provincial health administrative databases were used to identify medical services, hospitalizations, and ambulatory prescription claims among 1,014 individuals found NCRMD in Québec. Contacts in the year preceding the offense were analyzed using descriptive analyses and latent class analysis.

Results

Overall, 71.4% of subjects were in contact with services for mental health reasons within a year of their NCRMD offense. Among those that received services and not hospitalized for psychiatric reasons at the time of the

SUBMITTER: Leclair MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9659796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature