Citation

Cardarelli R, Balyakina E, Malone K, Fulda KG, Ellison M, Sivernell R, Shabu T. Community Ment. Health J. 2014; 51(2): 145-152.

Affiliation

Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 740 South Limestone, K311 KY Clinic, Lexington, KY, 40506-9983, USA, rca234@uky.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-014-9771-2

PMID

25069419

Abstract

Mental health problems are disproportionately represented in the community corrections system with limited information on the epidemiology of mental health and correlated factors such as suicide among probationers. This study recruited 2,077 probationers who completed screeners for mental health and substance disorders and suicide risk.

RESULTS found 13 % of probationers were at high risk of suicide. Those who screened positive for a mental health condition were between 2 and 8 times more likely to screen positive for suicide risk. Allocation of additional resources to mental health in the criminal justice system and to effectively coordinate existing mental health services is needed.

Language: en