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SynthesisBMC psychiatry2024

Mental health interventions for individuals with serious mental illness in the criminal legal system: a systematic review.

Maji Hailemariam, Tatiana E Bustos, Barrett Wallace Montgomery, Garrett Brown, Gashaye Tefera, Rosemary Adaji, Brandon Taylor, Hiywote Eshetu, Clara Barajas, Rolando Barajas and 5 more

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Synthesis in BMC psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Landscape of Randomized Controlled Trials for Behavioral Health-Focused Psychosocial Interventions for Youth in the Juvenile Legal System: A Systematic Review.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Maji HailemariamCharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA. debenama@msu.edu.
Tatiana E BustosRTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Barrett Wallace MontgomeryRTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Garrett BrownCharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Gashaye TeferaCollege of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA.
Rosemary AdajiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Brandon TaylorCharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Hiywote EshetuCharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Clara BarajasDornsife School of Public Health, Health Management and Policy Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA.
Rolando BarajasGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Vanessa NajjarCollege of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Donovan DennisCollege of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Jasmiyne HudsonCollege of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Julia W FeltonCenter for Health Policy & Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA.
Jennifer E JohnsonCharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Michigan State University · USRTI International · USDrexel University · USFlorida State University · USGeorgetown University · USHenry Ford Health System · USUniversity of Michigan–Flint · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlobally, individuals with mental illness get in contact with the law at a greater rate than the general population. The goal of this review was to identify and describe: (1) effectiveness of mental health interventions for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) who have criminal legal involvement; (2) additional outcomes targeted by these interventions; (3) settings/contexts where interventions were delivered; and (4) barriers and facilitating factors for implementing these interventions.

methodsA systematic review was conducted to summarize the mental health treatment literature for individuals with serious mental illness with criminal legal involvement (i.e., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder). Searches were conducted using PsychINFO, Embase, ProQuest, PubMed, and Web of Science. Articles were eligible if they were intervention studies among criminal legal involved populations with a mental health primary outcome and provided description of the intervention.

resultsA total of 13 eligible studies were identified. Tested interventions were categorized as cognitive/behavioral, community-based, interpersonal (IPT), psychoeducational, or court-based. Studies that used IPT-based interventions reported clinically significant improvements in mental health symptoms and were also feasible and acceptable. Other interventions demonstrated positive trends favoring the mental health outcomes but did not show statistically and clinically significant changes. All studies reported treatment outcomes, with only 8 studies reporting both treatment and implementation outcomes.

conclusionOur findings highlight a need for more mental health research in this population. Studies with randomized design, larger sample size and studies that utilize non-clinicians are needed.

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Criminal LawMental DisordersCriminalsHumansBarriersCriminal legal settingsFacilitatorsInterventionsSerious mental illness

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PMID38475800
PMCPMC10935949
OpenAlexW4392717567

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