CompletedNot Applicable

Justice-Involved Veterans and Moral Reconation Therapy

United States344 participantsStarted 2016-04-04

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is effective for reducing risk of criminal recidivism and improving other health-related outcomes (substance use, mental health, housing, and employment problems) among justice-involved Veterans entering residential mental health treatment programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * Veterans who * (a) are entering a mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program (MH RRTP) at one of three study sites (Palo Alto, Little Rock, or Bedford VA), and * (b) had been arrested and charged and/or released from incarceration in the past 5 years prior to MH RRTP admission will be eligible for participation Exclusion Criteria: * The only exclusion criterion is being too cognitively impaired to understand the informed consent process and other study procedures.

What they're measuring

Risk for Criminal Recidivism (Criminal Thinking)

Timeframe: 6 months (post-baseline)

Risk for Criminal Recidivism (Criminal Thinking)

Timeframe: 12 months (post-baseline)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02524171

SponsorVA Office of Research and Development

Sponsor typeFED

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-09-30

Results submitted2021-10-01

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