Critical time intervention for severely mentally ill released prisoners

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Topic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: Service Delivery; Disease: Severe Mental illness; Mental disorder, not otherwise specified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN98067793
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Manchester (UK)

Brief Summary

2017 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28252895 results

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-09-20
• Study Completion: 2014-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 6 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male
2. Have severe and enduring mental illness (defined as major depressive disorder, hypomania, bipolar disorder and/or any form of psychosis including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and any other non-affective, non-organic psychosis)
3. Be a client of Inreach services
4. Have a release/likely release date within 6 months of randomisation to the study
5. Have at least 4 weeks left in prison after randomisation to the study

Exclusion Criteria

Those who do not have the capacity to consent will be excluded from the study. Arguably, these are possibly the most vulnerable prisoners with mental health problems. The research team acknowledge this potential limitation however for those individuals who do lack capacity to consent most (if not all) will be in the process of being transfered to NHS secure services or are very unlikely to be released directly into the community and therefore would not be eligible for the study given the inclusion criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified