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Although prior studies have focused on the importance of economic, social and work\u2010related factors for involvement in such crime, there has been less research into the mental health of the people involved.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To assess the prevalence of mental disorders in a full nationwide cohort of individuals convicted of serious drug crimes in Denmark (2001\u20132020), who were born after 1984 and had a personal national identification number.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We compared four groups: large\u2010scale serious drug crime offenders sentenced to \u2265\u00a05\u00a0years' imprisonment (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0232); moderate\u2010scale serious drug crime offenders sentenced to under 5\u00a0years' imprisonment (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a02955); offenders convicted only of small\u2010scale drug offences, such as low\u2010level supply, but never of serious drug crime (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a07630); and sex\u2010 and age\u2010matched general population controls who had never been convicted of a serious drug crime (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a03187). Mental disorders were identified using hospital and pharmacy registers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The adjusted prevalence of any mental disorder was similar across offender groups (large\u2010scale: 32%, 95% CI [27%\u201338%]; moderate\u2010scale: 36%, 95% CI [34%\u201338%]; small\u2010scale: 36%, 95% CI [35%\u201337%]) and, in all three groups, was substantially higher than among controls (23%, 95% CI [22%\u201325%]). A similar pattern was observed for specific disorders.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results challenge the assumption that engagement in serious drug crime requires skills and behaviours that are incompatible with having a mental disorder. We conclude that people with serious drug crime convictions are as likely as minor drug offenders to need mental health services and that people with mental disorders are vulnerable to recruitment into serious drug crime.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/cbm.70042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T10:46:32Z","timestamp":1783593992000},"page":"157-164","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mental Health and Serious Drug Crime: A Case\u2013Control Study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Morten","family":"Hesse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research Aarhus University  Aarhus Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4811-7430","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie Elizabeth","family":"Brummer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research Aarhus University  Aarhus Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Freja Ilsing","family":"Magnussen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research Aarhus University  Aarhus Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6134-2392","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erik","family":"Simonsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and Research Unit Midt\u2010 and Vestsj\u00e6llands Hospital, University of Copenhagen  Copenhagen Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas Friis","family":"S\u00f8gaard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research Aarhus University  Aarhus Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/14773708241250278"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7312\/adle94604-009"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s0924\u20109338(09)70266\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13034\u2010024\u201000710\u20106"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008381201279"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/14773708241232980"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0261691"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/abn0000069"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/BJGPO.2024.0219"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-030-36639-1_8"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/09687637.2013.798265"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_13_1","unstructured":"Danish Prison Service K.2023.Kriminalforsorgens statistik 2023."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/002204260703700405"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_15_1","volume-title":"The Crime that Pays: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Canada","author":"Desroches F. 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