Examine the Preliminary Effect of an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Consultation Model on Staff Fidelity to EBP

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Clinical Trial

Official title:

Examine the Preliminary Effect of an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Consultation Model on Staff Fidelity to EBP

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03722745
• Other study ID #: 18-00792
• Secondary ID: 5K23MH104697-03
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 17, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: NYU Langone Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Youth involved in the juvenile justice system report high rates of exposure to traumatic events (>90%) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 20-50%). Although youth offenders are routinely assessed and referred for mental health services, few receive evidence-based interventions for PTSD. The current study evaluates an innovative approach to overcoming this problem: train front-line juvenile justice staff to deliver PTSD treatment groups. To determine the preliminary effectiveness and safety of PTSD groups delivered by juvenile justice staff, investigators will compare outcomes for youth offenders randomly assigned to receive evidence-based PTSD group treatment or treatment as usual (i.e., referral to community mental health clinic). Investigators hypothesize that PTSD groups led by justice staff will lead to significantly better youth outcomes (mental health symptoms, re-arrest) compared to treatment as usual.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 17, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Juvenile offender participants must

• be able to assent

• be between the ages of 13 and 17,

• currently involved with the local juvenile justice system (i.e., have an active court case),

• currently receiving services from one of the four participating agencies, and - meet DSM5 criteria for a full or partial diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (assessed during baseline eligibility screening with the eMINI-KID) or report moderate or greater PTSD symptoms on the UCLA PTSD-Reaction Index (score > 25).

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to provide consent/assent

• Currently meet DSM5 criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder-Severe or any substance use disorders other than Cannabis or Nicotine (assessed with the eMINI-KID). This criterion is intended to exclude youth whose substance use is severe enough to require a higher level of care such as inpatient treatment;

• Currently meet DSM5 criteria for a psychotic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, or other serious cognitive impairment (assessed with the eMINI-KID) that would prevent them from fully participating in the TARGET treatment groups;

• Report recent suicidal or homicidal ideation (i.e., past 6 months) or a past year suicide attempt unless the youth is currently receiving treatment from a licensed mental health professional (i.e., we will accept youth with recent SI/HI or past year suicide attempts if they are currently in treatment).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• TARGET
TARGET is manualized cognitive-behavioral treatment designed to help adolescents and adults with symptoms of posttraumatic stress
• TAU
It involves referral to an offsite community mental health provider with no attempt to control the treatment modality-type-quality (i.e., evidence-based-treatment or not).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NYU Langone Health	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Youth PTSD symptoms	University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 version will be administered to assess youth symptom severity (range 0-124).	8 Weeks
Primary	Youth PTSD re-arrest	Number of times subject is arrested during study participation	8 Weeks