title: Transitions between jail and community-based treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed transitions to community mental health services among individuals with co-occurring disorders upon release from jail.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from jail and public mental health systems in Wayne County, Michigan, were merged to identify 677 individuals diagnosed as having a serious mental illness and substance use disorder who had been jailed a total of 1,774 times over 48 months starting in 2003.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 33% of incarcerations (N=573) were followed by community-based treatment; 44% (N=803) were followed by treatment during a subsequent incarceration, and 23% (N=398) by no treatment. Generalized estimating equations found that individuals with schizophrenia and substance dependence were the most likely to obtain community treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By integrating discharge planning, community mental health providers and jails may ensure a continuum of care that facilitates treatment engagement, limits repeated incarcerations, and improves well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Michigan State University, Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. spk@msu.edu
authors.forename: Sheryl Pimlott
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kubiak
authors.forename: April M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zeoli
authors.forename: Lynette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Essenmacher
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D015897:Comorbidity; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012917:Social Adjustment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055815:Young Adult