Table 2

Demographics of Mental Health Court Evaluees

Characteristic	Data Available (n)	n	%	CST		ICST
Characteristic	Data Available (n)	n	%	n	%	n	%
MHC defendants		96^{^a}		45		52
Mean age (years)	96	40.8			39.2		42.3
Male	96	71	74.0^*	31	61.9	41	78.9
Race	96
Black		61	63.5^*	28	62.2	34	65.4
White		33	34.4^*	16	35.6	17	32.7
Hispanic		2	2.1^*	1	2.2	1	1.9
Marital status	74
Never married		54	73.0	31	73.8	23	71.9
Divorced or separated		19	25.7	11	26.2	8	25.0
Married		1	1.4	0	0.0	1	3.1
Mean education (years)	81	11.1			10.8		11.3
<12 years		47	56.8	30	61.2^†	17	44.7
12+ years		35	42.7^*	14	31.8^†	21	55.3
Had housing at time of arrest	73	53	72.6	27	73.0	26	70.3
Unemployed	76	69	90.8^*	37	90.2	33	91.7
On disability	69	45	65.2^*	25	65.8	20	62.5
Prior arrests	96	83	86.5	40	88.9	44	84.6
Misdemeanor only		24	28.9	14	35.0	11	25.0
Felony		59	71.1	26	65.0	33	75.0
Current charges	96
Violent		45	46.9	22	48.9	23	44.2
Nonviolent		51	53.1	23	51.1	28	53.9
Prior psychiatric treatment	90
Any prior treatment		76	84.4	41	93.2^†	36	76.6
No prior treatment		14	15.6	3	6.8^†	11	23.4
On psychiatric medication	84	54	63.1	34	75.6^†	19	36.5
On an antipsychotic		49	90.7	31	68.9^†	18	36.4
All diagnoses	97
Psychotic disorder		65	68.4	25	55.6^†	40	76.9
Substance use disorder		50	52.6	28	62.2	22	42.3
Cognitive disorder		25	26.3	11	24.4	14	26.9
Mood disorder		13	13.7	12	26.7^†	1	1.9
Anxiety disorder		2	2.1	2	4.4	0	0.0
Other		22	14.4	17	37.8^†	5	9.6
Traumatic brain injury	53	24	45.3	12	41.4	12	48.0
Cooperative with interview	97	77	79.4	41	91.1^†	36	84.6