Association of Mental Health Services Access and Reincarceration Among Adults Released From Prison in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diagnosis of mental disorder is prevalent among people who have been incarcerated. Nevertheless, community mental health services are often limited following release from prison, and reincarceration rates are high. The prevalence of mental disorders is growing among people who are incarcerated in British Columbia (BC), Canada, increasing the urgency of timely and accessible mental health services after release.

Objective

To examine the association of mental health services access and timeliness of services access with reincarceration risk among people released from prison.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, mental disorder diagnoses were derived from International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision or International Statistical C

SUBMITTER: Palis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature