Table 2.

Adjusted regression results of criminal-legal involvement by serious psychological distress, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015–2019 ^a

	Criminal-Legal Involvement b
	Difference	95%CI	Sig
Serious psychological distress c (Reference No)
Yes	4.1%	3.3 – 4.8	***
Kessler-6 scale scores (Reference 0 (None))
1–5 (Mild)	3.2%	2.6 – 3.8	***
6–10 (Moderate)	5.6%	4.8 – 6.4	***
11–24 (High)	7.2%	6.4 – 8.0	***

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001

^a.Regression model adjusted for the following covariates: age, sex, race/ethnicity, marriage status, education, insurance status, physical health status, substance use disorder, and year

^b.Criminal-legal involvement: a lifetime arrest or conviction of a crime, past-year probation or parole, supervised release, or other conditional release from prison in the past year

^c.Serious psychological distress: Kessler-6 (K6) scale scores ≥ 13