Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: relationship with psychiatric symptoms

Peter D Friedmann; Gerald Melnick; Lan Jiang; Zachary Hamilton

doi:10.1002/bsl.824

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Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: relationship with psychiatric symptoms

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Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: relationship with psychiatric symptoms

Peter D Friedmann, Gerald Melnick, Lan Jiang and Zachary Hamilton

Behavioral sciences & the law, Vol.26(4), pp.389-401

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.824

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103126

PMCID: PMC2761621

PMID: 18683200

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Abstract

Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - epidemiology

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Prisons - statistics & numerical data

Verbal Behavior

Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology

Humans

Risk Factors

Male

Educational Status

Violence - psychology

Mass Screening - methods

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - diagnosis

Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology

Substance-Related Disorders - psychology

Adult

Female

Surveys and Questionnaires

Antisocial Personality Disorder - epidemiology

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - psychology

Interview, Psychological

Violence - statistics & numerical data

Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis

Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis

This study examines the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and violent/disruptive behavior among 192 inmates who participated in prison-based substance abuse treatment. Participants came from two sites able to provide narrative reports of disciplinary actions in the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies' Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument study. In multivariate logistic models, a lifetime history of thought insertion/control ideation (OR, 11.6; 95% CI, 1.8-75.2), antisocial personality disorder (OR, 3.3; 95% CI, 1.2-8.9), and disciplinary action related to possession of controlled substances or contraband (OR, 4.9; 95% CI, 1.9-12.3) were associated with increased risk for violent or disruptive behavior while in prison, whereas lifetime phobic symptoms (OR, 0.2; 95% CI, 0.1-0.54) and high school graduation (OR, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-1.0) were associated with a decreased risk of violence and disruptive behavior in general. We conclude that, among inmates in substance abuse treatment, symptoms that increase risk for violence or disruptive behavior include thought control/insertion ideation and disciplinary infractions related to controlled substances, contraband, or failure to participate in assigned programs, as well a history of antisocial personality disorder.

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Title: Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: relationship with psychiatric symptoms
Creators: Peter D Friedmann - Program to Integrate Psychosocial and Health Services, Research Service, Providence Veterans AffairsMedical Center, Providence, RI, USA. pfriedmann@lifespan.org
Gerald Melnick
Lan Jiang
Zachary Hamilton
Publication Details: Behavioral sciences & the law, Vol.26(4), pp.389-401
Academic Unit: Criminal Justice and Criminology, Department of
Publisher: United States
Grant note: U01 DA016191 / NIDA NIH HHS 5U01DA016200 / NIDA NIH HHS 5U01DA016191 / NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA016200 / NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA016191-05 / NIDA NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900546537101842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article