A systematic review of reviews of correctional mental health services using the STAIR Framework

Simpson, Alexander I. F., Gerritsen, Cory, Maheandiran, Margaret, Adamo, Vito, Vogel, Tobias, Fulham, Lindsay, Kitt, Tamsen, Forrester, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-1249 and Jones, Roland M. 2022. A systematic review of reviews of correctional mental health services using the STAIR Framework. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12 , 747202. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.747202

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Abstract

Background: Rising demand for correctional mental health services (CMHS) in recent decades has been a global phenomenon. Despite increasing research, there are major gaps in understanding the best models for CMHS and how to measure their effectiveness, particularly studies that consider the overall care pathways and effectiveness of service responses. The STAIR (Screening, Triage, Assessment, Intervention, and Re-integration) model is an evidence-based framework that defines and measures CMHS as a clinical pathway with a series of measurable, and linked functions. Method: We conducted a systematic review of the reviews of CMHS elements employing PRISMA guidelines, organized according to STAIR pillars. We assessed the quality of included studies using the AMSTAR-2 criteria. Narrative reviews were read and results synthesized. Results: We included 26 review articles of which 12 were systematic, metaanalyses, and 14 narrative reviews. Two systematic reviews and seven narrative reviews addressed screening and triage with strong evidence to support specific screening and triage systems. There was no evidence for standardised assessment approaches. Eight systematic reviews and seven narrative reviews addressed interventions providing some evidence to support specific psychosocial interventions. Three systematic reviews and six narrative reviews addressed reintegration themes finding relatively weak evidence to support reintegration methods, with interventions often being jurisdictionally specific and lacking generalizability. Conclusions: The STAIR framework is a useful way to organize the extant literature. More research is needed on interventions, assessment systems, care pathway evaluations, and reintegration models.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	1664-0640
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	13 December 2021
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 05:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/146747

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