Examining a Triple Threat: The Intersection of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Re-entry of a Sample of Justice-Involved Persons.

Autor: Liu L; Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. lin.liu@ufl.edu., Zgoba KM; Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Administration and policy in mental health [Adm Policy Ment Health] 2024 Jul; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 567-578. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-024-01347-5
Abstrakt: Having a mental health (MH) or substance use (SU) issue can make the transition from prison to the community a challenging process. Despite this, few studies have quantified how justice-involved individuals with mental health issues only, substance use only, those with both struggles, and those with neither are uniquely affected. Using a sample of re-entering men who were released from twelve state prisons in the United States, we assessed the effects of having MH and SU issues on their drug use during re-entry. Furthermore, we examined their differing coping reactions to housing insecurity, joblessness, and family tension after release. The results demonstrated that respondents' risk of SU during re-entry was associated with MH and SU issues measured at release. Those with co-occurring MH and SU challenges were at the highest risk of SU during re-entry. Furthermore, challenging life situations during re-entry exerted an amplified effect on SU for respondents with both anxiety and SU issues. The findings suggest that post-incarcerated individuals with co-occurring MH and SU issues have the highest risk of SU, and their reaction to re-entry barriers is distinct from their peers. Quality services to address co-occurring MH and SU may be needed to facilitate a smooth transition from prison to the community.
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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