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Improving Treatment Engagement and Outcomes Among Justice-involved Veterans
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) for Antisocial Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder. Completed, enrolled 344 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed 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).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
MRT is a group-based cognitive-behavioral intervention to restructure antisocial thinking. Patients will receive two groups per week of this intervention for approximately 12 weeks, in addition to the usual care they receive in the mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program.