Peer Navigation for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Leaving Jail

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Conditions studied: Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Leaving Jails

In brief

Serious mental illness (SMI) is a burdensome and widely prevalent public health problem among incarcerated men and women. Incarcerated individuals with SMI re-entering the community after jail stay experience the double stigma of criminal justice involvement and having the diagnosis of SMI. As a result, they are likely to disengage with community level mental health, medical care and substance use services at re-entry. This study proposes the development and pilot test of peer navigator intervention to increase linkages to community level mental health, medical care and substance use services.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04256954

Run by

Michigan State University

People needed

34

Starts

2022-01-20

Expected to finish

2024-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Incarcerated in the Genesee County Jail,
• Aged 18 or above,
• Has a lifetime DSM-5 diagnosis of SMI (including primary psychotic disorder [schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or delusional disorder], bipolar disorder, and/or a major depressive disorder with psychotic features) as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5) and
• Anticipating release in the following two months.

You may not qualify if…

• Expect to be sentenced to prison (i.e., expect to go directly to prison, not home, from the jail),
• Cannot provide the name and contact information of at least two locator persons and/or
• Do not have access to any telephone.

Where it is running

• Genesee County Jail — Flint, Michigan, United States

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