Specialty Mental Health Probation in North Carolina

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mental Illness, Substance Use, Criminal Behavior

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02990026

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

311

Starts

2016-09-22

Expected to finish

2019-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-17

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Qualifying diagnosis of severe mental illness - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder + on probation in North Carolina + capable of passing study competency quiz administered by the research team

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.