Mental Health Services for Prisoners With SMI

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Interventions that address criminogenic risk factors, such as Thinking for a Change (T4C), are not used with prisoners with serious mental illness (SMI) because of the neurocognitive and social impairments associated with SMI. This study examines the effectiveness of T4C with a modified delivery system designed specifically to address the unique needs of persons with SMI in prison, including improving impulsivity, criminal attitudes, and interpersonal problem solving (treatment targets) and levels of aggression, and the amount of behavioral infractions and time spent in administrative segregation in prison (outcomes).

Clinical Trial Description

Interventions are urgently needed to improve the delivery and impact of mental health services for persons with serious mental illnesses (SMI) in prison. Treatments addressing the symptoms of mental illness form a critical component of the continuum of services needed by prisoners with SMI. However, a growing body of literature shows that mental health treatments need to be combined with treatments that directly address criminogenic risk factors (i.e., those factors most closely associated with criminal activities). Despite promising evidence, interventions that address criminogenic risk factors, such as Thinking for a Change (T4C), are not used with prisoners with SMI because of the neurocognitive and social impairments associated with SMI. This study examines the effectiveness of T4C with a modified delivery system designed specifically to address the unique needs of persons with SMI in prison. This small-scale randomized controlled trail (RCT) explores the potential effectiveness of T4C-SMI towards improving impulsivity, criminal attitudes, and interpersonal problem solving (treatment targets) and levels of aggression, and the amount of behavioral infractions and time spent in administrative segregation in prison (outcomes). The study will also examine whether the treatment targets for T4C-SMI mediate the intervention's impact on outcomes. The long-term goal is to grow the evidence-base for interventions with the capacity to improve prison and community-reentry outcomes for persons with SMI. This study will provide the data needed to implement a rigorous RCT in a future study and supports NIMH's mission to develop innovative interventions in mental health services. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03713398
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 3, 2019
Completion date	December 6, 2020

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