Research Article

Dually Diagnosed Patients with Arrests for Violent and Nonviolent Offenses: Two-Year Treatment Outcomes

Table 2

Six-month characteristics of dually diagnosed patients with no arrests (), nonviolent arrests (), or violent arrests ().

NonviolentViolent arrests
No arrestsArrests

Treatment
 Outpatient
  Any SUD (%, )57.7 (15)79.1 (106)79.5 (62)5.37
  Number of SUD sessions (M, SD)7.0 (10.2)10.4 (12.1)9.9 (11.2)1.05
 Inpatient/residential
  Any MH (%, )14.3 (4)23.4 (40)18.1 (19)1.95
  Number of MH days (M, SD)5.5 (17.4)7.4 (23.4)6.9 (19.9)0.10
  Any SUD (%, )11.5 (3)23.1 (31)20.5 (16)1.98
  Number of SUD days (M, SD)2.6 (7.8)11.6 (28.0)10.0 (26.4)1.42
Mutual-help groups
 Any attendance46.2 (12)79.7 (106)80.5 (62)12.59
 Number of meetings (M, SD)17.5 (33.0)56.6 (86.4)47.2 (50.3)3.26
 Number of steps worked (M, SD)1.2 (2.4)3.1 (3.7)2.9 (3.6)3.04
 Involvement (M, SD)2.7 (3.6)6.6 (4.5)6.5 (4.4)8.95
Functioning
 ASI composites (M, SD)
  Legal.012 (.029).054 (.122).036 (.110)1.81
  Alcohol.103 (.133).101 (.168).109 (.194)0.06
  Drugs.030 (.033).035 (.055).034 (.072)0.09
  Psychological.121 (.049).184 (.135).205 (.192)3.10
  Employment.666 (.254).644 (.294).656 (.305)0.12
  Family/social.352 (.211).368 (.358).358 (.387)0.11
  Medical.419 (.354).351 (.332).349 (.366)0.58
Symptoms, past 30 days (%, )
 Trouble controlling violence7.7 (2)9.7 (13)15.6 (12)2.01
 Serious depression46.2 (12)59.7 (80)56.4 (44)1.64
 Serious anxiety50.0 (13)64.2 (86)67.9 (78)2.66
 Trouble understanding 65.3 (17)53.2 (41)50.7 (68)1.91

Note: means that share a superscript are significantly different at . SUD: substance use disorder; MH: mental health; , , and .