@article{ref1,
title="Dually diagnosed patients with arrests for violent and nonviolent offenses: two-year treatment outcomes",
journal="Journal of addiction",
year="2016",
author="Timko, Christine and Finlay, Andrea and Schultz, Nicole R. and Blonigen, Daniel M.",
volume="2016",
number="",
pages="e6793907-e6793907",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to examine the history of arrests among dually diagnosed patients entering treatment, compare groups with different histories on use of treatment and mutual-help groups and functioning, at intake to treatment and six-month, one-year, and two-year follow-ups, and examine correlates and predictors of legal functioning at the study endpoint. At treatment intake, 9.2% of patients had no arrest history, 56.3% had been arrested for nonviolent offenses only, and 34.5% had been arrested for violent offenses. At baseline, the violent group had used the most outpatient psychiatric treatment and reported poorer functioning (psychiatric, alcohol, drug, employment, and family/social). Both arrest groups had used more inpatient/residential treatment and had more mutual-help group participation than the no-arrest group. The arrest groups had higher likelihood of substance use disorder treatment or mutual-help group participation at follow-ups. Generally, all groups were comparable on functioning at follow-ups (with baseline functioning controlled). With baseline arrest status controlled, earlier predictors of more severe legal problems at the two-year follow-up were more severe psychological, family/social, and drug problems. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that dually diagnosed patients with a history of arrests for violent offenses may achieve comparable treatment outcomes to those of patients with milder criminal histories.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-7834",
doi="10.1155/2016/6793907",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6793907"
}