ReviewLaw and human behavior2012
Treating offenders with mental illness: a research synthesis.
Review in Law and human behavior, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Reviews of Correctional Mental Health Services Using the STAIR Framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Outcomes of psychological therapies for prisoners with mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Pooled it
- Mental health screening tools in correctional institutions: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2013Pooled it
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Yoga-Based Intervention Targeting Anger Management for People Who Are Incarcerated.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Trial
- Locked in, Left Behind: Clinical, Psychosocial, and Ethical Dimensions of Prison Health-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Structured psychiatric care and psychosocial support during placebo participation: association with violent and domestic-violence offending in the ReINVEST trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Implementing a Treatment for People with Serious Mental Illness in Jail: A Mixed-Methods Study of Stakeholder Perspectives on Feasibility and Acceptability.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Article
- Association between nature exposure and suicidal tendency among Chinese inmates: a moderated mediation model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Engagement, Dissemination, and Implementation: A Review of the Correctional Health Studies funded by the National Institute of Health's HEAL Initiatives.Victims & offenders · 2025Article
- Juvenile Justice-Based Interdisciplinary Collective Care: An Innovative Approach.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Criminal risk and mental illness in psychiatric inpatient units: An opportunity to provide psychological services for unmet criminogenic needs.Psychological services · 2023Article
- Recidivism among prisoners with severe mental disorders.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Care pathways in forensic mental health services in New Zealand.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2023Article
- The Interface of Clinical, Legal, and Rehabilitative Aspects of Patients With a Neuropsychiatric Disorder in Forensic Psychiatry Setting in India: A Systematic Approach.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Interventions for Prisoners with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Transition Planning from Jail; Treatment Engagement, Continuity of Care, and Rearrest.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- Longitudinal trajectories of mental health problems and their association with reoffending in a Dutch pre-trial prison cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials of Complex Interventions in Prisons: A Sisyphean Task?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Mental Health and Service Impacts During COVID-19 for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses Recently Released from Prison and Jail.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2021Article
- Sexual Violence Risk Assessment With Indigenous Men: Context, Controversies, and Current Findings.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The purpose of this research synthesis was to examine treatment effects across studies of the service providers to offenders with mental illness. Meta-analytic techniques were applied to 26 empirical studies obtained from a review of 12,154 research documents. Outcomes of interest in this review included measures of both psychiatric and criminal functioning. Although meta-analytic results are based on a small sample of available studies, results suggest interventions with offenders with mental illness effectively reduced symptoms of distress, improving offender's ability to cope with their problems, and resulted in improved behavioral markers including institutional adjustment and behavioral functioning. Furthermore, interventions specifically designed to meet the psychiatric and criminal justice needs of offenders with mental illness have shown to produce significant reductions in psychiatric and criminal recidivism. Finally, this review highlighted admission policies and treatment strategies (e.g., use of homework), which produced the most positive benefits. Results of this research synthesis are directly relevant for service providers in both criminal justice and mental health systems (e.g., psychiatric hospitals) as well as community settings by informing treatment strategies for the first time, which are based on empirical evidence. In addition, the implications of these results to policy makers tasked with the responsibility of designating services for this special needs population are highlighted.
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