Journal article
Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study
P Kurdyak, EL Friesen, JT Young, R Borschmann, J Iqbal, A Huang, F Kouyoumdjian
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2022
Abstract
Objective: Individuals with mental illness and addiction are overrepresented in prisons. Few studies have assessed mental health and addiction (MHA)-related service use among individuals experiencing incarceration using health administrative data and most focus on service use after prison release. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of MHA-related service use in the 5 years prior to and during incarceration. Methods: We used linked correctional and administrative health data for people released from Ontario provincial jails in 2010. MHA-related service use in the 5 years prior to the index incarceration was categorized hierarchically into four mutually exclusive categ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH). It was also supported by the Mental Health and Addictions Scorecard and Evaluation Framework grant from the MOH (04601A14-19). The opinions, results, and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent of the funding sources. Dr Kurdyak received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr Young receives salary and research support from a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant (NTG1178027). No endorsement by ICES or the Ontario MOH is intended or should be inferred.