Evaluating Vocational Materials for Incarcerated Veterans With Mental Illness or Substance Abuse
NCT ID: NCT00648115
Last Updated: 2017-12-18
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COMPLETED
NA
111 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-06-01
2017-09-29
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The living status that many of these veterans with felonies return to is dire. In a survey of dually diagnosed and mentally ill offenders, 22% of mentally ill offenders and 43% of mentally ill offenders with substance addiction believed they would be homeless upon release. Ex-felons often return to more disadvantaged communities where employment is scarce (La Vigne, Mamalian, Travis, \& Visher, 2003). Employers are reluctant to hire those with a history of incarceration due to biases against ex-offenders or due to legal liability (Connerley, Arvey, \& Bernardy, 2001) or other biases (Holzer, 1996). Overall, employers have been shown to be less likely to hire ex-convicts than those with little work experience or those who are receiving welfare benefits (Holtzer, 1996).
The goal of this study is to identify successful vocational re-integration modalities for mental health and/or substance dependent veterans recently released from incarceration and those with felony histories. Specific Goals are 1) test time to employment between manual conditions; 2) test total time employed over the 12 months following training period; and 3) test economic impact between manual conditions The study will be a controlled 3 group randomized design. The independent variable will be the amount of vocational services received. Veterans will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: 1) Basic vocational services but no manualized vocational program; 2) self-study of the manualized program; and 3) a full program consisting of the manualized program with vocational staff and peer vocational support specialists. All veterans enrolled in the study will have access to a Veteran's Employment Resource Center to provide infrastructure for job search.
Three primary dependent variables will be used. The first is the time till employment. The second is the total time employed during the 12 months following training. The third will be the economic impact of the training through differences in services required (e.g. emergency room visits, food stamps, cost of shelters, costs of rearrests) and income earned. Type of job skills, job history, and time incarcerated are some of the variables that potentially will be statistically controlled.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Basic Vocational Services
Veteran receives basic vocational services
Basic Vocational Services
Vocational services
Self-Study
Veteran participates in self-study vocational program
Self-Study
Veteran receives self-study resources
Group program
Group based vocational program
Group Program
Veteran participates in group vocational program
Interventions
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Basic Vocational Services
Vocational services
Self-Study
Veteran receives self-study resources
Group Program
Veteran participates in group vocational program
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* has a mental health or substance dependence diagnosis
* desires to enter the workforce through competitive employment.
* History of at least one felony conviction
Emphasis will be placed on returning OEF/OIF veterans, combat veterans, and women veterans. Veterans entering the study can be recruited regardless of living situation.
Exclusion Criteria
* diagnosis of dementia or evidence of severe cognitive impairment
* impaired reality testing due to psychosis
* actively suicidal or homicidal.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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VA Office of Research and Development
FED
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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James P. LePage, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Locations
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VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, Texas, United States
Countries
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References
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Garcia-Rea E, LePage JP. Reliability and validity of World Health Organization Quality of Life-100 in homeless substance-dependent veteran population. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(4):619-25. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.03.0048.
LePage JP, Washington EL, Lewis AA, Johnson KE, Garcia-Rea EA. Effects of structured vocational services on job-search success in ex-offender veterans with mental illness: 3-month follow-up. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2011;48(3):277-86. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2010.03.0032.
LePage JP, Lewis AA, Washington EL, Davis B, Glasgow A. Effects of structured vocational services in ex-offender veterans with mental illness: 6-month follow-up. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(2):183-92. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2011.09.0163.
Other Identifiers
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08-004
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
D6192-R
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id