Predictors of current depressive symptoms in a sample of drug court participants

Michelle Joosen; Thomas F. Garrity; Michele Staton-Tindall; Matthew L. Hiller; Carl G. Leukefeld; J. Matthew Webster

doi:10.1081/JA-200042256

Predictors of current depressive symptoms in a sample of drug court participants

Michelle Joosen, Thomas F. Garrity, Michele Staton-Tindall, Matthew L. Hiller, Carl G. Leukefeld, J. Matthew Webster

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Abstract

Interviews, completed between March 2000 and November 2002 with Kentucky drug court participants in Lexington and Bowling Green (N = 500), participated in a cross-sectional analysis examining the associations between self-reported, current depressive symptoms and various personal characteristics and experiences from the period before drug court involvement. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and potential correlates were derived from the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), 1992 version. BSI depression scores indicated minimal-to-moderate symptoms, with a mean individual score of 0.73, on a scale from none (0) to extreme (4) symptom strength. Numerous predictor variables were significantly associated, but multiple regression analysis identified five variables as independent correlates of depressive symptoms: 1) poorer self-rated health, 2) having ever been treated in a hospital for psychological or emotional problems, 3) being troubled by family problems in the 6 months before drug court, 4) having had conflicts with nonfamily others in the 6 months before drug court, and 5) being female. If confirmed by future, prospective research, the five variables found by the multiple regression analysis may be useful in identifying and more adequately treating substance abusers with symptoms of depression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1113-1125
Number of pages	13
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	40
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1081/JA-200042256
State	Published - 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Michelle Joosen is currently an intern at the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The research project entitled “Predictors of Current Depression in a Sample of Drug Court Participants,” supported by the Center of Drug and Alcohol Research and the Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine at the University of Kentucky, was part of her research externship from the Erasmus University Medical School.

Funding Information:
This study is supported by Grant R01-DA13076 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Carl G. Leukefeld, principal investigator. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Keywords

Chronic drug use
Depressive symptoms
Drug court
Health status
Social relationships

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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