Treating Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders Among Jail Inmates

RTI International

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Criminogenic Thinking; Crime; Implementation; Adaptation; Co-occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Dual-diagnosis motivational interviewing (DDMI); Behavioral: Jail and community-based behavioral health services; Behavioral: Integrated group therapy (IGT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02214667

R34DA036791

Details and patient eligibility

About

Treatment adaptation and implementation study for adult jail inmates with co-occurring substance use disorders.

Full description

We will adapt dual-diagnosis motivational interviewing and integrated group therapy for jail inmates with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders and to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the adapted interventions and associated research and communication protocols.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (1) drug or alcohol abuse or dependence and SMI (major depressive disorder; depressive disorder not otherwise specified [NOS]; bipolar disorder I, II, or NOS; schizophrenia spectrum disorder; schizoaffective disorder; schizophreniform disorder; brief psychotic disorder; delusional disorder; or psychotic disorder NOS);
• (2) resident of Wake County and detained in The Jail;
• (3) >18 years of age; (4) able to speak/read English; and (5) able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 2 patient groups

DDMI-IGT

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects randomized to the experimental condition will receive adapted versions of dual-diagnosis motivational interviewing (\[DDMI\] one session before release from jail) and integrated group therapy (\[IGT\] 12 community-based sessions over a 2-month period).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dual-diagnosis motivational interviewing (DDMI)

Behavioral: Integrated group therapy (IGT)

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects randomized to the usual care condition will receive jail and community-based behavioral health services.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Jail and community-based behavioral health services