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. 2007 Mar;87(1):86-110.
doi: 10.1177/0032885506299044.

CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD): A Pilot Study

Stanley Sacks  1 , Gerald Melnick, Carrie Coen, Steven Banks, Peter D Friedmann, Christine Grella, Kevin Knight
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CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD): A Pilot Study

Stanley Sacks et al. Prison J. 2007 Mar.

Abstract

This article describes the development of an instrument to screen male and female offenders for co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. This phase developed and pilot tested (N = 100) the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJDATS) Co-occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD), a 6-item instrument derived from three standard mental health screeners. The overall accuracy of the CODSI-MD (81%) compared favorably with the three standard instruments. A second 3-item instrument, developed to screen for severe mental disorders (the CODSI-SMD), had an overall accuracy of 82%. The results of this pilot study must be viewed cautiously, pending validation of the findings with a larger sample.

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Figure 1. Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve
Note: GSS = Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Short Screener version 1.0; MHSF = Mental Health Screening Form; MINI = Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Modified.
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