Why do some jail inmates not engage in treatment and services?

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 914-930

  Meyer, Candace L ^a   Tangney, June P ^b   Stuewig, Jeffrey ^b   Moore, Kelly E ^a  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jail inmates; Mental health; Substance dependence; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84905439668     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X13489828     Document Type: Article

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