Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9 at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Part of paid clinical trials in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT07359157
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9 — BEHAVIORAL
    A brief, cognitive therapy-based intervention for people with mental illness and legal system involvement.

Study Details

People with serious mental illness (depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders) have high rates of repeated criminal legal involvement and psychiatric hospitalizations. Longstanding research shows that in addition to treating clients' symptoms of mental illness, targeting risk factors for legal involvement can help reduce their chances of future incarcerations. Because hospitals are becoming increasingly forensic, treatment programs that address both mental illness and risk factors for legal involvement may be especially helpful in a state hospital setting, like Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH). This treatment study offers an adjunctive 9-session intervention, Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9 (CLCO-9), for patients at WRCH; this program is designed to help people with serious mental illness who are involved in the legal system increase their awareness of their mental health and reduce their chances of future legal involvement. The investigators are proposing a treatment study testing the use of the CLCO-9 group intervention with patients with serious mental illness with current or previous criminal legal involvement at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH). The study has three aims: 1. Evaluate feasibility, fidelity, and patient satisfaction during the implementation of the CLCO-9 group treatment at WRCH 2. Evaluate CLCO-9's effectiveness on improving patient's self-reported mental health, and behavioral indicators of mental health and risk factors for legal involvement 3. Explore changes in WRCH clinicians' knowledge and attitudes about treating risk factors for criminal legal involvement. To test these aims, the research team will employ a two-phase study. In the first phase, the researchers will implement the intervention and make necessary adjustments to maximize the success of the implementation. In the second phase, the researchers will evaluate the treatment program's effectiveness in producing change from pre- to post-treatment. All patient participants in this study will receive the intervention. The projected sample size is about 20 treatment completers and 4 to 8 group leaders.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 5, 2026
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2026
Completion
Jul 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9 Group
    Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9, a brief cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for people with mental illness involved in the legal system, will be administered in treatment groups consistent with standard programming at the state hospital. Patients will be able to participate in this group in addition to any other services at the hospital.

Primary Outcome Measure

Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire [ Time Frame: From before starting treatment (baseline assessment) to after completing treatment (anticipated to be about 7 weeks after starting treatment) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Worcester Recovery Center and HospitalWorcesterMassachusetts02451
Faith Scanlon, PhD
[email protected]
6177242079

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