@article{ref1,
title="Offenders with mental health problems and substance misuse: Cluster analysis based on the Addiction Severity Index version 6 (ASI-6)",
journal="Mental health and substance use: dual diagnosis",
year="2013",
author="Eriksson, A. and Alm, C. and Palmstierna, T. and Berman, A.H. and Kristiansson, M. and Gumpert, C.H.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="15-28",
abstract="There is an urgent need to improve assessment and treatment among offenders with mental health problems and substance misuse (the &quot;triply troubled&quot;). An examination of the usefulness of the recently published Addiction Severity Index version 6 (ASI-6; Cacciola, J.S., Alterman, A.I., Habing, B., & McLellan, A.T. (2011). Recent status scores for version 6 of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI-6). Addiction, 106, 1588-1602) in classifying offenders with mental health problems and substance misuse was undertaken. A total of 207 offenders with suspect mental disorder and substance misuse about to go through a forensic psychiatric evaluation in Sweden were interviewed with the ASI-6. Data were cluster analyzed. Four distinct clusters emerged: (1) &quot;less troubled&quot; (n = 35), (2) &quot;severely triply troubled&quot; (n = 30), (3) &quot;triply troubled with medical problems (n = 52) and (4) &quot;working triply troubled&quot; (n = 87). The ASI-6 proved useful in the classification of offenders with mental health problems and substance misuse. The authors suggest that the ASI-6 be used in research on the classification of the triply troubled. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-3281",
doi="10.1080/17523281.2012.678879",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17523281.2012.678879"
}