Table 1.

Affirmative Responses to Brief Jail Mental Health Screen Items and Decision Rules Overall and Across First Three Bookings

Construct	Brief Jail Mental Health Screen Item	All Bookings N=41965		Booking Number
				1 N=12531		2 N=12531		3 N=6199
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Thought control	1. Do you currently believe that someone can control your mind by putting thoughts into your head or taking thoughts out of your head?	543	1.3	194	1.6	166	1.3	63	1.0
Paranoia	2. Do you currently feel that other people know your thoughts and can read you mind?	484	1.2	167	1.3	146	1.2	64	1.0
Weight loss/gain	3. Have you currently lost or gained as much as two pounds a week for several weeks without even trying?	579	1.4	202	1.6	162	1.6	82	1.3
Activity level	4. Have you or your family or friends noticed that you are currently much more active than you usually are?	531	1.3	178	1.4	151	1.4	74	1.2
Lethargy	5. Do you currently feel like you have to talk or move more slowly than you usually do?	492	1.2	184	1.5	135	1.5	65	1.1
Feeling useless/sinful	6. Have there currently been a few weeks when you felt like you were useless or sinful?	1941	4.7	701	5.7	578	4.6	278	4.5
Current medication	7. Are you currently taking any medication prescribed for you by a physician for any emotional or mental health problems?	5284	12.7	1446	11.6	1608	12.9	776	12.6
Lifetime hospitalization	8. Have you ever been in a hospital for emotional or mental health problems?	3903	9.4	1198	9.6	1137	9.1	594	9.7
Decision Rules	Criteria
Current psychiatric medication	Yes to item 7.	5284	12.7	1446	11.6	1608	12.9	776	12.6
Lifetime hospitalization	Yes to item 8.	3903	9.4	1198	9.6	1137	9.1	594	9.6
Current symptoms	Yes to 2 of items 1 through 6.	969	2.3	340	2.7	275	2.2	132	2.1
Referral for any other reason	Referral for reasons other than above criteria.	3048	7.3	830	6.6	891	7.1	428	6.9

Notes. % = valid percentage of affirmative responses. n = number of affirmative responses.