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Lead Investigator: |
Stanley Sacks, PhD |
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Co-Lead Investigator: |
Gerald Melnick, PhD |
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Lead Center: |
Rocky Mountains Research Center (National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., Center for Integration of Research and Practice) |
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Collaborating Centers: |
Pacific Coast Research Center (UCLA, Criminal Justice Research Group at Integrated Substance Abuse Programs)
Rhode Island Research Center (Brown University/Lifespan Hospital)
Southwest Research Center (Texas Christian University, Institute of Behavioral Research)
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Topics: |
Co-occurring Disorders, Screening & Referral |
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An understanding of the presence and extent of co-occurring disorders (co-existing substance use and mental disorders, or COD) is essential to improving the design of COD programming, both in prison and upon release. The measures currently employed in criminal justice programs, particularly those developed to screen for mental health disorder, typically focus on mental disorders or substance abuse disorders separately, and fail to examine the extent to which these disorders co-exist in the criminal justice population. This 12-month research project aims to:
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Develop a brief screening instrument that identifies individuals with COD in 20 minutes or less and can be self-administered or administered by staff who do not have mental health training.
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Assess the feasibility of using the instrument to determine rates of COD in the offender population by conducting a study of 300 consecutive admissions to prison-based substance abuse treatment programs at selected sites. |
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Brief Report |
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Last modified at 10/13/2009 9:19 PM by rickz
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