Project CARE: An Integrated Treatment Adherence Program for Bipolar Disorder at the Time of Prison Release - Open Trial

Part of paid clinical trials in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Sponsor
Brown University
Study ID
NCT03825640
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • CARE — BEHAVIORAL
    Hybrid in-person and telephone-based adjunctive intervention for bipolar disorder across the transition from prison to the community.

Study Details

The aim of this program of research is to develop and pilot the CARE (Community treatment Adherence at Re-Entry) program, an adjunctive intervention for incarcerated individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) transitioning from prison to the community. The purpose of this proposed project is to establish the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of this newly developed intervention on symptom outcomes.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 14, 2019
Status verified
Feb 2020
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2020
Completion
Jan 15, 2020

Study Design

Enrollment
18 participants (actual)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Community treatment Adherence at Re-Entry (CARE)
    CARE will begin within the 2 months before prison release, and will continue for 6 months after re-entry. CARE will be comprised of: a) 3 individual sessions with the CARE counselor; b) 1 optional family/significant other (SO) session; and c) 11 brief (15-20 min) follow-up telephone contacts with prisoners and their SO over the first 6 months post-release. The CARE intervention will incorporate motivational strategies from existing interventions (e.g., Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) in order to clarify values and goals to enhance motivation for community treatment engagement and behavior change. CARE will also integrate bipolar disorder psychoeducation and strategies from existing family models of intervention for BD (e.g., McMaster Model of Family Functioning) that are designed to improve family communication, social support, and problem-solving around BD illness management over this vulnerable transition period.

Primary Outcome Measure

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8) [ Time Frame: 24 weeks post-release ]

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Rhode Island Department of CorrectionsCranstonRhode Island02920-
Brown UniversityProvidenceRhode Island02912-

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