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950 – Achieving Positive Outcome - Reducing Recidivism Within Toronto's Mental Health Court Support Program: The Mount Sinai Hospital Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

W. Chow ,
C. Tse ,
S. Law ,
H. Chiu ,
M. Leszcz  and
J. Sadavoy
W. Chow
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry, Community Mental Health, Mount Sinai Hospital
C. Tse
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
S. Law
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
H. Chiu
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
M. Leszcz
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
J. Sadavoy
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

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This paper investigates the recidivism of Mount Sinai Hospital mental health court support program in Toronto, Canada among patients involved in the criminal justice system. It also looks to find relationships between recidivism and factors including gender, age and ethnicity.

Method

Follow up periods of up to 48 months after the time of initial admission to the program was conducted and the frequency of re-offense was observed. Comparisons for the significance of risk factors were analyzed using t-tests and Chisquare tests.

Results

191 clients were admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital Court Support Program between September 2001 and June 2007. At first admission, the mean ± s.d. age was 35.8 ± 9.8 years (range=18-74 years; n=184). The median age was 35 years. The modal age was 34 years. Of the 191 clients, 16 (8.4%) reoffended. Two of them (12.5%) had a third offense; and 1 (6.3%) had a total of four offenses within this tracking period. it appears that re-offense is more likely between 13 and 24 months. No re-offense was noted beyond the 48 months. The gender distribution was not significantly different between reoffenders and non-reoffenders. The mean age at first admission also did not differ between reoffenders and non-reoffenders. The distribution of ethnic groups among reoffenders and non-reoffenders did not differ.

Conclusions

The findings seem to indicate that recidivism has no relationship with gender, age and ethnic groups. The comprehensive and length of support services seem more important in preventing recidivism.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E386
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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