Clinical Interviews With Detainees With Early Psychosis

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-08

Study Completion Date

2023-03-02

Brief Summary

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The investigators are studying a jail-based intervention to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) among young adults with previously undetected first-episode psychosis who are detained in jail. Longer DUP (or treatment delay) is linked to poorer outcomes in first-episode psychosis and there is evidence that justice-involved young adults with first-episode psychosis have an alarmingly long DUP. Thus, despite the expansion of Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs that improve outcomes through early, multi-component care, there is a need to establish early detection services in the criminal justice system and create pathways from justice involvement to CSC. This intervention offers a novel and potentially high impact approach for reducing DUP in jail settings: a jail-based Specialized Early Engagement Support Service that receives referrals, engages detainees, and serves as a bridge to community-based CSC. The study team will design and implement the intervention, thoroughly study its feasibility and acceptability, and prepare an intervention manual for broader use in diverse jails and future formal research.

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Detailed Description

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Persons with serious mental illnesses are overrepresented in jails. Criminal justice (CJ) involvement, including jail detention, is common among those with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and frequently precedes psychiatric treatment engagement. Yet, no documented interventions currently exist specifically to identify/engage such individuals while in jail and connect them to Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) in the community upon release. Expansion of CSC programs across the U.S. provides an opportunity for partnership with the CJ system-one that has the potential to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and thus improve outcomes.

To detect FEP and reduce DUP among detainees in a large, urban jail, the investigators propose to implement: a Specialized Early Engagement Support Service (SEESS) in 3 jails on Rikers Island in New York City (NYC): Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC), Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC) and Robert N. Davoren Complex (RNDC).

The investigators expect the multimedia TEC to generate referrals to the Correctional Health Services (CHS), and to reduce DUP-1 (psychosis onset to antipsychotic initiation). Then, the jail-based SEESS (a Social Worker and Peer Specialist) will link those identified to community-based CSC (primarily OnTrackNY sites in NYC), thus reducing DUP-2 (psychosis onset to CSC enrollment).

The investigators will examine a set of hypothesized targets/mediators (the "how's"). These are key ingredients that underpin the intervention's ability to reduce DUP.

The multi-media TEC will generate referrals to the CHS, by improving the behavioral capabilities, expectations, and self-efficacy (constructs from Social Cognitive Theory) of the Correction Officers trained. The SEESS will then link detainees with FEP, using tenets of person-centered treatment and shared decision-making, and the Critical Time Intervention model, to community-based CSC. This will occur through engagement of detainees while in jail, and telephonically (when possible) after release. The investigators will assess feasibility and acceptability to lay the groundwork for a multi-site, definitive effectiveness trial.

Conditions

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First-Episode Psychosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Specialized Early Engagement Support Service

The investigators will implement a Specialized Early Engagement Support Service (SEESS) in the same three jails. The SEESS will increase the likelihood that referred individuals found to have first-episode psychosis enroll in Coordinated Specialty Care upon release.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Specialized Early Engagement Support Service

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Specialized Early Engagement Support Service (SEESS - a Social Worker and Peer Specialist) will link detainees with first-episode psychosis (FEP), using tenets of person-centered treatment and shared decision-making, and the Critical Time Intervention model, to community-based Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC).

Interventions

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Specialized Early Engagement Support Service

The Specialized Early Engagement Support Service (SEESS - a Social Worker and Peer Specialist) will link detainees with first-episode psychosis (FEP), using tenets of person-centered treatment and shared decision-making, and the Critical Time Intervention model, to community-based Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Detainees that have been referred by Correctional Health Services as experiencing early-course or first-episode psychosis
* between the ages of 18 and 30 years
* have a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of \>23
* have the capacity to provide informed consent for the study
* able to understand and speak English