title: CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD): A Pilot Study.
abstract: This article describes the development of an instrument to screen male and female offenders for co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. This phase developed and pilot tested (N = 100) the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJDATS) Co-occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD), a 6-item instrument derived from three standard mental health screeners. The overall accuracy of the CODSI-MD (81%) compared favorably with the three standard instruments. A second 3-item instrument, developed to screen for severe mental disorders (the CODSI-SMD), had an overall accuracy of 82%. The results of this pilot study must be viewed cautiously, pending validation of the findings with a larger sample.
authors.affiliation: National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., New York, NY.
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melnick
authors.forename: Carrie
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authors.lastname: Coen
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.forename: Christine
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authors.lastname: Grella
authors.forename: Kevin
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authors.lastname: Knight