TY - JOUR
T1 - Modified Therapeutic Community Treatment for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders
AU - Sullivan, Christopher J.
AU - Sacks, Stanley
AU - McKendrick, Karen
AU - Banks, Steven M.
AU - Sacks, Joann Y.
AU - Stommel, Joseph
N1 - Abstract This paper examines outcomes 12 months post-prison release for offenders with co-occurring disorders (n = 185) randomly assigned to either a mental health control treatment (C) or a modified therapeutic community (E). Significant between-group differences were not found for mental health measures, although improvements were observed for each group.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This paper examines outcomes 12 months post-prison release for offenders with co-occurring disorders (n = 185) randomly assigned to either a mental health control treatment (C) or a modified therapeutic community (E). Significant between-group differences were not found for mental health measures, although improvements were observed for each group. Reductions in criminal behavior were associated more with substance use than improvements in mental health symptoms, supporting the primacy of substance abuse treatment in affecting recidivism. Additional study of this population is needed to describe the relationships among diagnostic subgroups, as well as change in substance use and in mental health symptoms.
AB - This paper examines outcomes 12 months post-prison release for offenders with co-occurring disorders (n = 185) randomly assigned to either a mental health control treatment (C) or a modified therapeutic community (E). Significant between-group differences were not found for mental health measures, although improvements were observed for each group. Reductions in criminal behavior were associated more with substance use than improvements in mental health symptoms, supporting the primacy of substance abuse treatment in affecting recidivism. Additional study of this population is needed to describe the relationships among diagnostic subgroups, as well as change in substance use and in mental health symptoms.
KW - Modified therapeutic community
KW - co-occurring disorders
KW - mental health treatment outcomes
KW - severe mental disorder
KW - substance use disorder
UR - https://doi.org/10.1300/J076v45n01_15
U2 - 10.1300/J076v45n01_15
DO - 10.1300/J076v45n01_15
M3 - Article
VL - 45
JO - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
ER -