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- Title
Treatment outcomes for female offenders: Relationship to number of Axis I diagnoses.
- Authors
Sacks, Joann Y.; McKendrick, Karen; Hamilton, Zachary; Cleland, Charles M.; Pearson, Frank S.; Banks, Steven
- Abstract
This article describes a study that examined the relationship between multiple Axis I mental health diagnoses and treatment outcomes for female offenders in prison substance abuse treatment programs. Preliminary findings of the effectiveness of therapeutic community (TC) treatment, modified for female offenders, relative to a control cognitive behavioral treatment condition, are presented. The hypothesis—that participants who fit into multiple diagnostic categories have more dysfunctional symptoms and behaviors at baseline—was confirmed; however, a hypothesized relationship between the number of Axis I diagnoses and 6 month treatment outcomes across five domains (mental health, trauma exposure, substance use, HIV needle risk behaviors, and HIV sexual risk) was not supported. Across all Axis I mental health groups, TC treatment was significantly more effective than the control condition overall, as well as on measures of mental health symptoms and HIV sexual risk. These findings suggest that this TC treatment program, as modified, is an effective model for women with varied diagnoses and diagnostic complexities. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL psychology; WOMEN criminals; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment; THERAPEUTIC communities; MENTAL health; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2008, Vol 26, Issue 4, p413
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.828