NCT03722745

Examine the Preliminary Effect of an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Consultation Model on Staff Fidelity to EBP

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Youth involved in the juvenile justice system report high rates of exposure to traumatic events (\>90%) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 20-50%). Although youth offenders are routinely assessed and referred for mental health services, few receive evidence-based interventions for PTSD. The current study evaluates an innovative approach to overcoming this problem: train front-line juvenile justice staff to deliver PTSD treatment groups. To determine the preliminary effectiveness and safety of PTSD groups delivered by juvenile justice staff, investigators will compare outcomes for youth offenders randomly assigned to receive evidence-based PTSD group treatment or treatment as usual (i.e., referral to community mental health clinic). Investigators hypothesize that PTSD groups led by justice staff will lead to significantly better youth outcomes (mental health symptoms, re-arrest) compared to treatment as usual.

Conditions

• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	TARGET	TARGET is manualized cognitive-behavioral treatment designed to help adolescents and adults with symptoms of posttraumatic stress
BEHAVIORAL	TAU	It involves referral to an offsite community mental health provider with no attempt to control the treatment modality-type-quality (i.e., evidence-based-treatment or not).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-17
• Primary completion: 2019-07-17
• Completion: 2019-07-17
• First posted: 2018-10-29
• Last updated: 2019-07-23