N/A
N=341
Justice-Involved Veterans and Moral Reconation Therapy
Antisocial Personality Disorder · Substance Use Disorder
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02524171 ↗Enrolled (actual)
341
Serious AEs
1.8%
Results posted
Dec 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Risk for Criminal Recidivism (Criminal Thinking) — 53.66; 53.30 score on a scale — p=>0.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Sep 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Risk for Criminal Recidivism (Criminal Thinking) |
50.96; 49.80 | >0.05 |
| PRIMARY Risk for Criminal Recidivism (Criminal Thinking) |
50.96; 49.80 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Alcohol Use |
94; 94 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Drug Use |
18.63; 15.03 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Criminal Associates |
0.37; 0.43 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Employment Problem Severity |
0.48; 0.53 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Alcohol Use Problem Severity. |
0.04; 0.06 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Legal Problem Severity |
0.09; 0.09 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Family/Social Problems |
0.19; 0.11 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY Alcohol Use |
94; 94 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Drug Use |
18.63; 15.03 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Criminal Associates |
0.37; 0.43 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Employment Problem Severity |
0.48; 0.53 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Alcohol Use Problem Severity. |
0.04; 0.06 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Legal Problem Severity |
0.09; 0.09 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY Family/Social Problems |
0.19; 0.11 | <0.05 sig |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is effective for reducing risk of criminal recidivism and improving other health-related outcomes (substance use, mental health, housing, and employment problems) among justice-involved Veterans entering residential mental health treatment programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Veterans who
- (a) are entering a mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program (MH RRTP) at one of three study sites (Palo Alto, Little Rock, or Bedford VA), and
- (b) had been arrested and charged and/or released from incarceration in the past 5 years prior to MH RRTP admission will be eligible for participation
Exclusion Criteria
- The only exclusion criterion is being too cognitively impaired to understand the informed consent process and other study procedures.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02524171). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.