@article{ref1,
title="Community behavioral health service use and criminal recidivism of people with mental, substance use, and co-occurring disorders",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2022",
author="Jacobs, Leah A. and Branson, Zach and Greeno, Catherine G. and Skeem, Jennifer L. and Labrum, Travis",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the relationship between community behavioral health service (CBHS) use and criminal recidivism in a broad sample of potential beneficiaries and by diagnostic group. <br><br>METHODS: Among a cohort of people on probation with any mental and/or substance use disorder (N=772), the study estimated the effect of CBHS use on rearrest with Cox proportional hazards models. <br><br>RESULTS: Service use significantly predicted reduced recidivism among people with any mental disorder (hazard rate=0.36, p=0.008), but not among those with any substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: CBHS use in a given week predicted a 64% reduced recidivism risk during the following week among people with any mental disorder. However, CBHS use had no clear relationship with recidivism among people with co-occurring disorders or any substance use disorder. CBHS use may reduce recidivism, depending on recipient and service characteristics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.202100530",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100530"
}