Researching Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program for Men Leaving Incarceration

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aggression; Recidivism; Substance Use; Impulsive Behavior; Housing Problems; Anxiety; Psychological Distress; Depressive Symptoms; Occupational Stress; Coping Skills; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04785677

2019-MU-CX-0065 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

STUDY00001064

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) - a comprehensive trauma-based program for young men releasing from a southeastern state's prisons. The investigators are assessing whether treating trauma and providing other transitional supports - such as employment assistance - as young men return home will help to improve their community stability and enhance their psychological well-being, in turn, resulting in less likelihood that a person will become incarcerated in the future.

Full description

The five-year study is a two-armed, randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program for young men assessed as moderate to high risk for recidivism as they are released to the community. Four Hundred young males who were released from one of ten Florida prisons into our target counties were randomly assigned to receive a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program or treatment as usual. The effectiveness of the reentry program was evaluated on mechanisms of change (trauma symptoms, coping, impulsivity, and aggression), community stability (housing, employment), and recidivism.

Research questions are: Does a comprehensive trauma-based research program improve key mechanisms of change for moderate to high-risk young males? Does a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program improve community stability for moderate to high-risk young males? Does a comprehensive trauma-based reentry program decrease rates of recidivism for moderate to high-risk young males? Research questions 1 and 2 were analyzed using ANCOVA, and Research Question 3 will be analyzed using survival analysis. We also used a Research-to-Practice Feedback Loop to catalyze rapid assessment of intervention and implementation refinement to increase participant responsivity.

Enrollment: 403 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males
• Ages 18-35
• Have experienced at least one lifetime traumatic event
• Released from incarceration to Suwanee, Leon, Duval or Columbia County, Florida.
• Conversational in English
• Being able to cognitively consent

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 18 years old
• Older than 35 years old
• Has not experienced at least one lifetime traumatic event
• Not cognitively able to understand
• Not conversational in English
• Not releasing from incarceration to Suwanee, Leon, Duval or Columbia County, Florida.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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403 participants in 2 patient groups

Comprehensive Trauma-Based Reentry Program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete up to19 session comprehensive trauma-based reentry program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resiliency in Stressful Experiences (RISE) Program

Treatment as usual (TAU)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will be receive all reentry services normally eligible to receive by the state or the community to which they are released.