Trial reportJournal of anxiety disorders2015
Implementation and effectiveness of integrated trauma and addiction treatment for incarcerated men.
Trial report in Journal of anxiety disorders, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Measuring patient satisfaction with mental health services in correctional settings: a systematic scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of current treatments for trauma survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder on reducing a negative self-concept: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Reviews of Correctional Mental Health Services Using the STAIR Framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Association of Patient Treatment Preference With Dropout and Clinical Outcomes in Adult Psychosocial Mental Health Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Outcomes of psychological therapies for prisoners with mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid substance use disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Trauma and Incarceration: A Latent Class Analysis of Lifetime Trauma Exposures for Individuals in Prison.Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)Trial
- Crossing the chasm: engaging Black men survivors of gun violence in mental health services.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
- Practitioner training and user experience ofPeerJ · 2025Article
- Justice-Involved, Sexually Victimized Women's Perspectives on the Acceptability of Receiving Trauma-Focused Therapy in Prison.Violence against women · 2023Article
- Study protocol paper for the multisite randomized controlled trial of comprehensive trauma informed reentry services for moderate to high-risk young males releasing from state prisons.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder in adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences: A systematic review of psychological interventions.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Review
- "I'm not alone, my story matters": Incarcerated women's perspectives on the impact and acceptability of group psychotherapy involving imaginal exposure to sexual assault memories.Health & justice · 2021Article
- Implementing and Sustaining SHARE: An Exposure-Based Psychotherapy Group for Incarcerated Women Survivors of Sexual Violence.American journal of community psychology · 2021Article
- Emergency medical care of incarcerated patients: Opportunities for improvement and cost savings.PloS one · 2020Observational
- Proposing a Population-Specific Intervention Approach to Treat Trauma Among Men During and After Incarceration.Psychology of men & masculinity · 2019Article
- Treatments of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Civilian Populations.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- The role of substance use coping in the relation between childhood sexual abuse and depression among methamphetamine users in South Africa.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2017Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the drug-taking confidence questionnaire drug version for use in Brazil.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Article
- Incarceration and Current Tobacco Smoking Among Black and Caribbean Black Americans in the National Survey of American Life.American journal of public health · 2015Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
A controlled trial of Seeking Safety (SS) and Male-Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (M-TREM) examined implementation and effectiveness of integrated group therapy for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) on PTSD and mental health symptoms plus self-esteem and efficacy for incarcerated men. The study sample (n=230) was male inmates 18 years or older who were primarily non-white, high school graduates or equivalents, had childhood trauma histories, committed violent crimes, had serious mental illnesses, and resided in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated men, who screened positive for PTSD and SUD, were assigned randomly (n=142) or by preference (n=88) to receive SS or M-TREM, with a waitlist group of (n=93). Manualized interventions were group-administered for 14 weeks. Primary outcomes were PTSD and other mental health symptoms. Secondary outcomes were self-esteem, coping, and self-efficacy. SUD outcomes cannot be measured in a correctional setting. Implementation feasibility was exhibited by the ability to recruit, screen, assign, and retain participants. Effectiveness findings depended on sample, design, and method for analysis. Using a waitlist control group and no follow-up period, we found no aggregate effect of treatment on PTSD symptoms, although, when disaggregated, M-TREM was found to improve PTSD severity and SS improved general mental health symptoms and psychological functioning. Using intent-to-treat and completer analyses, no significant differences were found in the relative performance between SS and M-TREM on primary or secondary outcomes. When longitudinal data were maximized and modeled in ways that reflect the hierarchical nature of the data, we found that SS and M-TREM performed better than no treatment on PTSD severity and secondary outcomes, and that treatment benefits endured. Findings cautiously support implementing either Seeking Safety or M-TREM to treat incarcerated men with co-morbid PTSD and addiction problems.
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