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Specialty Mental Health Probation in North Carolina

NCT02990026 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 311

Last updated 2020-03-17

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Summary

Specialty mental health probation for offenders with severe mental illness has been widely disseminated; however, randomized studies are needed to determine its effectiveness. The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of specialty mental health probation (SMHP) for probationers with mental illness in North Carolina. 320 adult probationers with mental illness in will be randomly assigned to specialty mental health probation (experimental condition) or usual probation (control condition). Probationers assigned to the experimental condition will be supervised by specialty mental health probation officers, who will have reduced caseloads and advanced training in mental health and other topics. Probationers assigned to the control condition will receive standard probation. Criminal justice and mental health outcomes will be examined.

Conditions

  • Mental Illness
  • Substance Use
  • Criminal Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Specialty Mental Health Probation

Specialty mental health probation includes the following components: (1) exclusively mentally ill caseload of probationers; (2) reduced caseload of 40-45 probationers; (3) problem-solving supervision orientation; (4) ongoing training and consultation; and (5) greater connection with local mental health services

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • North Carolina Department of Public Safety

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary Cuddeback · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-22
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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