Research Article

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

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of dually diagnosed patients with no arrests (), nonviolent arrests (), or violent arrests ().

NonviolentViolent arrests
No arrestsArrests

Demographics
 Male (%, )92.9 (26)91.8 (157)90.5 (95)0.23
 White (%, )53.6 (15)50.3 (86)45.7 (48)0.80
 Age (M, SD)51.0 (9.5)50.9 (9.6)51.4 (7.3)0.12
 Years of education (M, SD)13.9 (2.7)13.5 (1.8)13.4 (2.0)0.52
 Employed (%, )35.7 (10)46.7 (79)45.2 (47)1.20
 Married (%, )21.4 (6)12.4 (21)6.7 (7)5.02
Treatment history: number of episodes (M, SD)
 Outpatient
  Alcohol1.1 (1.9)2.2 (2.5)2.0 (2.5)2.32
  Drugs0.8 (1.7)2.1 (2.4)1.8 (2.3)3.70
  Psychiatric2.4 (1.8)2.4 (2.0)3.0 (2.5)3.01
 Inpatient/residential
  Alcohol2.4 (2.6)2.4 (2.6)3.0 (2.9)1.42
  Drugs0.5 (1.1)1.7 (2.3)2.1 (2.5)5.33
  Psychiatric0.5 (1.1)1.7 (2.5)2.0 (2.4)3.91
Mutual-help group history
 Ever attended85.7 (24)94.7 (162)99.0 (104)8.85
 Number of meetings (M, SD)95.8 (160.7)535.5 (987.2)491.0 (1,069.7)2.25
 Number of steps worked (M, SD)3.0 (4.4)4.8 (4.4)5.5 (4.8)3.30
 Involvement (M, SD)2.2 (2.9)5.2 (3.6)5.3 (3.6)8.92
Functioning
 ASI composites (M, SD)
  Legal.008 (.038).108 (.174).113 (.180)4.59
  Alcohol.099 (.164).145 (.200).225 (.248)6.06
  Drugs.037 (.067).063 (.077).092 (.091)6.71
  Psychological.340 (.250).382 (.192).442 (.188)4.37
  Employment.663 (.244).757 (.248).788 (.201)3.13
  Family/social.153 (.118).219 (.173).259 (.185)4.49
  Medical.507 (.383).429 (.351).525 (.360)2.46
Living with someone with (%, )
 Alcohol problem46.4 (13)57.6 (98)68.9 (71)5.99
 Drug problem42.9 (12)58.2 (99)67.0 (69)5.70
Symptoms, lifetime (%, )
 Trouble controlling violence50.0 (14)50.3 (86)71.4 (75)12.94
 Serious depression85.7 (24)96.5 (165)97.1 (102)5.19
 Serious anxiety89.3 (25)92.4 (148)96.2 (101)2.47
 Trouble understanding 82.1 (23)66.7 (114)83.8 (88)11.38

Note: means that share a superscript are significantly different at ;, , and  .