NCT06923423View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effectiveness, Implementation, and Cost of Cognitive Processing Therapy in Prisons

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

640

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 7, 2025

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2028

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2028

Conditions
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress DisorderPTSD and Alcohol Use DisorderPTSD and Trauma-related SymptomsSubstance Use Disorder (SUD)DepressionMental HealthTraumaTrauma ExposureTraumatic Stress DisorderTraumatic StressPost Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Group Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Participants in CPT group therapy will learn about trauma and how to change upsetting thoughts related to it. Participants will attend up to a total of 12 sessions held 1-2x/week for 90 minutes. No more than 10 participants will be in a group. In this study, CPT provided is a version that was adapted for prisons.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Group Individual trauma focused self-help via workbook

The self-help therapy is a therapy that people do on their own using a workbook. By reading and doing practice assignments in the workbook, people can learn skills to recover from trauma.

Trial Locations (4)

58501

RECRUITING

North Dakota State Penitentiary (NDSP), Bismarck

58502

RECRUITING

Heart River Correctional Center (HRCC), Bismarck

72205

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock

72370

RECRUITING

Northeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center (NEACC), Osceola

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

lead

University of Arkansas

OTHER