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ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2023

Criminal Legal Involvement Among U.S. Adults With Serious Psychological Distress and Differences by Race-Ethnicity.

Michael William Flores, Amanda Sharp, Margo Moyer, Vicki Fung, Merrill R Rotter, Benjamin Lê Cook

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Michael William FloresHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).
Amanda SharpHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).
Margo MoyerHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).
Vicki FungHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).
Merrill R RotterHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).
Benjamin Lê CookHealth Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Flores, Sharp, Moyer, Cook); Departments of Psychiatry (Flores, Cook) and Medicine (Fung), Harvard Medical School, Boston; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Fung); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City (Rotter).

Funding

Understanding the Role of Trauma Over the Lifecourse in Order to Improve Trauma-informed TreatmentP50MH126283 · NIMH · CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE · PI COOK, BENJAMIN LE, WANG, PHILIP S · 2021 to 2024
$6.6M
Medicare Policy Effects on Mental Health Care DisparitiesR01MD010456 · NIMHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COOK, BENJAMIN LE, FUNG, VICKI · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
AHRQ HHS R01 HS021486NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD010456NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH126283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe authors examined associations between criminal legal involvement (CLI) and serious psychological distress and how these associations differed by racial-ethnic group.

methodsThe authors conducted a retrospective analysis of multiple cross-sections of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2015-2019) and used multivariable linear probability regression models to assess lifetime CLI and past-year probation, parole, supervised release, or other conditional release in a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults, ages ≥18 years (N=214,505), with and without serious psychological distress.

resultsAdults with serious psychological distress had higher rates of CLI than adults without such distress (difference of 4.1 percentage points, 95% CI=3.3-4.8, p<0.001). The rate of CLI increased as distress severity increased, from mild (3.2 percentage-point difference, 95% CI=2.6-3.8, p<0.001) to high (7.2 percentage-point difference, 95% CI=6.4-8.0, p<0.001). The risk for CLI among those with serious psychological distress was even greater for Black and Latinx adults than for White adults (1.8 percentage-point difference, 95% CI=0.1-3.5, p<0.05, and 3.2 percentage-point difference, 95% CI=1.3-5.2, p<0.01, respectively).

conclusionsRates of CLI were higher for adults with serious psychological distress. Efforts are needed to equitably triage individuals with acute mental health needs to timely psychiatric care instead of carceral settings. Collaborative models of care that commingle resources from mental health and law enforcement organizations are needed to prevent unnecessary incarceration of individuals experiencing mental health crises and to increase access to community-based treatment.

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CriminalsPsychological DistressAdultEthnicityHumansRacial GroupsRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesCriminal justiceNational Survey on Drug Use and HealthRacial-ethnic disparitiesSerious psychological distress

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PMCPMC10329978

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