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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

289 questions · 326 findings · 19 reviews · Drugs and Alcohol

No studies found 13 · 4%GRADE not reported 33 · 10.1%Very low 108 · 33.1%Low 109 · 33.4%Moderate 52 · 16%High 11 · 3.4%

Multi‐systemic therapy involving family and juveniles vs treatment

Arrested · drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

Multi‐systemic therapy involving family and juveniles showed no clear difference in arrested assessed by corroborating with police data compared with treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT‐D) vs a psychoeducational intervention

Substance abuse relapse post release · drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

It is very uncertain whether interpersonal psychotherapy changes substance abuse relapse post release compared with a psychoeducational intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Legal defence service and wrap‐around social work services vs legal defence service only

Committing new offences · drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

It is very uncertain whether legal defence service and wrap‐around social work services changes committing new offences compared with legal defence service only (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic community and aftercare vs cognitive behavioural skills

Criminal activity ‐ Re‐arrests · drug‐using women offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

Therapeutic community and aftercare showed no clear difference in re‐arrest for any type of crime compared with cognitive behavioural skills (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic community and aftercare vs cognitive behavioural skills

Drug‐related crime · drug‐using women offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

Therapeutic community and aftercare showed no clear difference in drug‐related crime compared with cognitive behavioural skills (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mental health treatment court with assertive case management model vs treatment

Conviction for a new crime · drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

Mental health treatment court with assertive case management model showed no clear difference in conviction for a new crime compared with treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mental health treatment court with assertive case management model vs treatment

Re‐incarceration to jail · drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems

Mental health treatment court with assertive case management model showed no clear difference in re‐incarceration to jail compared with treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cognitive behavioural therapy and other therapies vs prison therapeutic community

Arrested for any crime at 6 months · summary findings of female review

It is very uncertain whether cognitive behavioural therapy and other therapies changes arrested for any crime at 6 months compared with prison therapeutic community (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cognitive behavioural therapy and other therapies vs prison therapeutic community

Arrested (not parole violation) at 6 months · summary findings of female review

It is very uncertain whether cognitive behavioural therapy and other therapies changes arrested (not parole violation) at 6 months compared with prison therapeutic community (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings table ‐ Cognitive behavioural therapy plus standard care vs treatment

Incarceration at 3 months · summary findings of female review

It is very uncertain whether cognitive behavioural therapy and standard therapy changes incarceration at 3 months compared with treatment (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review