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Well-being Skills for Reentry

No phase Interventional Formerly Incarcerated Adults

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Wellbeing skills for reentry, Healthy Minds Program.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Formerly Incarcerated Adults. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
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Official title

Community-engaged Research to Promote Mental Health and Successful Reentry Outcomes Following Incarceration

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a mindfulness skills training program has mental health benefits for people returning to the community following incarceration. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does mindfulness skills training improve symptoms of anxiety and depression? * Do participants find this mindfulness program to be acceptable and feasible to participate in? Researchers will compare outcomes for participants in the mindfulness training program to those in a waitlist control group who will receive the mindfulness program after the end of the study. Participants will: * Complete an initial intake visit, consisting of an interview and questionnaires * Randomly be assigned to a mindfulness group or a waitlist control group * Participate in weekly mindfulness classes for 6 weeks (mindfulness group only) * Complete a set of questionnaires after the conclusion of the mindfulness classes * Complete a set of questionnaires and an interview 2 months after the conclusion of the mindfulness classes

Interventions

  • Behavioral Wellbeing skills for reentry
    An 8-week, in-person meditation training program for formerly incarcerated adults, with practices and concepts grounded in the four pillars of the Healthy Minds Program (awareness, connection, insight, and purpose) that are supported by custom meditation practices presented in the Healthy Minds Program App.
  • Device Healthy Minds Program
    A customized version of the Healthy Minds Program app will allow participants to listen to recorded meditation practices in support of the in-person curriculum.

Primary outcome measures

  • Psychological distress [Time frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks)]
  • Feasibility based on Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA) questionnaire [Time frame: Following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks)]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Change in Awareness [Time frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks)]
  • Change in Connection [Time frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks)]
  • Change in Insight [Time frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks)]
  • Change in Purpose [Time frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 or older
  • Formerly incarcerated in a local jail, state or federal prison
  • Can read, speak and understand English
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Suicidal ideation with some intent to act or with a specific plan and intent
  • Active psychosis
  • Daily or nearly daily use (over the past 3 months) of the following substances: cocaine, amphetamines, inhalants, sedatives or sleeping pills, hallucinogens, or opioids

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • University of Wisconsin — Madison

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06975657 · 2024-1269 · A483000 · Protocol Version 1/20/2026

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗