NCT04366531

Successful Transitions and Reintegration Tools for Veterans (START-VETS)

Development of a Psycho-social Transition Program and Transition Assessment Tools for Veterans With Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders Leaving Prison

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will develop prison reentry materials for Veterans leaving prison.

Detailed description

This study will be conducted in three phases Phase 1 is to collect qualitative data from Veterans who have recently been released from prison. The data will focus on their transition experience, stigma (both self and from others), and behaviors that interfered with success. Phase 2a will be to develop a transition program based around the needs identified in phase 1 Phase 2b will be to develop assessment tools to be used with the program Phase 3 will be to perform a two group randomized cross over design pilot study to assess the program

Conditions

• Substance Use Disorder
• Mental Illness
• Recently Incarcerated

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	START-VET	prison reentry program
OTHER	Treatment as usual	This intervention involves no additional services above what is provided by the local health care system

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-03
• Primary completion: 2026-10-02
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2020-04-29
• Last updated: 2025-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States