Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: An Emerging Model of Service Delivery
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Psychotic Disorders
In brief
The FACT model (ACT + legal leverage in the form of judicial monitoring) will be compared to enhanced outpatient treatment (close outpatient follow-up without judicial monitoring). Seventy adults with psychotic disorders in Monroe County who are convicted of a misdemeanor will be randomly assigned to each treatment group and followed for 12 months. Primary outcomes will include criminal justice and mental health service utilization rates, treatment adherence, psychiatric symptoms, substance abuse, homelessness, perceived coercion, and consumer satisfaction. Service utilization outcomes will be tracked using established mental health and criminal justice databases. Hypotheses are: 1. FACT (ACT plus judicial monitoring) will have a greater effect than enhanced TAU in promoting treatment adherence among high-risk adults with psychotic disorders. 2. FACT (ACT plus judicial monitoring) will have a greater effect than enhanced TAU in preventing arrest, incarceration, emergency department and inpatient hospital use among high-risk adults with psychotic disorders.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01313052
- Run by
- University of Rochester
- People needed
- 53
- Starts
- 2008-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-02-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Individuals diagnosed with any psychotic disorder such as Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder with Psychotic Features, Depressive Disorder with Psychotic Features, and Psychotic Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified.
- Individuals currently facing misdemeanor or violation charges who have not yet been sentenced.
You may not qualify if…
- Individuals do not have or cannot be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.
- Individuals currently facing felony charges
- Individuals currently involved in any type of legal leverage including probation, parole, drug or mental health court supervision, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, or Criminal Procedure Law status.
Where it is running
- Monroe County Jail — Rochester, New York, United States
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