Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Affect Regulation and Supportive Group Therapies for Victimization-Related PTSD With Incarcerated Women

Ford, Julián D.; Chang, Rocío; Levine, Joel B.; Zhang, Wanli

doi:10.1016/j.beth.2012.10.003

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“…Two studies examined adult sexual trauma, one child sexual abuse, and one a mix of both. Regarding comparisons, two studies were three‐arm RCTs (active treatment, active comparison treatment, and an inactive control; Classen et al ., ; Resick, Nishith, Weaver, Astin, & Feuer, ) and two were two‐arm studies (active treatment and active comparison treatment; Ford, Chang, Levine, & Zhang, ; Schnurr et al ., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Sexual problems and post‐traumatic stress disorder following sexual trauma: A meta‐analytic review

O’Driscoll

Flanagan

2015

Psychol Psychother

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The measurement of sexual problems is overlooked in psychological treatment RCTs for sexual trauma. Current treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from sexual trauma do not appear to be addressing sexual problems. Integrated treatments for comorbid sexual problems and PTSD treatment may be warranted. It is imperative that in future, RCTs that examine people with PTSD from sexual trauma use outcomes of sexual problems.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual problems and post‐traumatic stress disorder following sexual trauma: A meta‐analytic review

O’Driscoll

Flanagan

2015

Psychol Psychother

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“…Exposition of the approach taken varied but there was potential for replication in larger populations in some cases (e.g. Ford et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…This was due to it being a pilot study with a small sample size, and with very imprecise estimates of effect. Most of the studies included in the meta-analysis were given a moderate quality rating and three of the studies were given a high quality rating (Ford, Chang, Levine, & Zhang, 2013;Loper & Tuerk, 2011;Sacks et al, 2012). Of those rated moderate, two were down-graded from high due to the lack of random allocation to intervention and control groups (Barr et al, 2013;Lynch, Heath, Mathews, & Cepeda, 2012), two were down-graded due to being defined as pilot studies and therefore at risk of bias despite the confidence intervals being sufficiently precise (Messina, Calhoun, & Warda, 2012;Zlotnick, Johnson, & Najavits, 2009).…”

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Interventions with women offenders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of mental health gain

Bartlett¹,

Jhanji

White³

et al. 2014

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

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Currently, a conjunction of policy, legislative change in health and social care and the criminal justice system, combined with funding for innovative services make it opportune to assess the evidence base for interventions with women offenders. Women offenders have a distinctive criminological, health and social profile and a gender specific approach to their difficulties is advocated. This systematic review and meta-analysis focus on mental health gain in adult women offenders in forensic health settings, criminal justice institutions and in the community, following therapeutic interventions. Interventions were assessed in terms of specific outcome measures of depression, trauma symptomatology and global mental health status. Comprehensive search strategies yielded 3018 articles, from which we obtained 199 full text articles. Seventeen articles were included in the final review, of which six were excluded from the meta-analysis as there was no comparator group. There is a modest, but increasing, body of evidence for the utility of some interventions, notably those addressing the consequences of earlier trauma, including interventions which also address comorbid substance misuse. This does not amount, to date, to a robust evidence base. Limitations of these studies are discussed and include small sample sizes, their restriction mainly to prison populations and that they were substantially undertaken in the US. Variations in outcome measures follow-up and the difficulties inherent in measuring change in this complex population are also detailed. However, the review delineates definite avenues for further work. To achieve this, those responsible for policy, practice and purchase of services should both be mindful of existing evidence and promote additional, high quality research into interventions which are designed around a coherent, theoretical approach.

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“…121 In contrast, 4 other studies of psychotherapies found no differences between intervention and control groups. 86,95,96,141,144 In women with PTSD related to interpersonal victimization, there was no difference in PTSD or overall mental health status between persons randomized to group psychotherapy to enhance affect regulation without trauma memory processing or to supportive group therapy. 86 There was no difference in depression or substance use outcomes in women with depression and a substance use disorder participating in interpersonal psychotherapy or psychoeducation before and after release.…”

Section: Mental Health Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…86,95,96,141,144 In women with PTSD related to interpersonal victimization, there was no difference in PTSD or overall mental health status between persons randomized to group psychotherapy to enhance affect regulation without trauma memory processing or to supportive group therapy. 86 There was no difference in depression or substance use outcomes in women with depression and a substance use disorder participating in interpersonal psychotherapy or psychoeducation before and after release. 95,96 In a study of group cognitive therapy compared with individual supportive treatment and brief counseling in persons with depression, no significance testing was reported, but reductions in depression symptoms appeared to be similar in both groups.…”

Section: Mental Health Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions to Improve the Health of Persons During Imprisonment and in the Year After Release

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We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical and social science databases in 2014, and identified 95 studies.Most studies involved only men or a majority of men (70/83 studies in which gender was specified); only 16 studies focused on adolescents. Most studies were conducted in the United States (n = 57). The risk of bias for outcomes in almost all studies was unclear or high (n=91). In 59 studies, interventions led to improved mental health, substance use, infectious diseases, or health service utilization outcomes; in 42 of these studies, outcomes were measured in the community after release.Improving the health of people who experience imprisonment requires knowledge generation and knowledge translation, including implementation of effective interventions.Worldwide, more than 11 million people are imprisoned at any given time, and the prison population continues to grow at a rate faster than that of the general population. 1 Substantial evidence reveals that people who have experienced imprisonment have poor health compared with the general population, as indicated by the prevalence of mental illness, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and mortality. 2 There are several reasons to focus on improving the health of people who experience imprisonment. 3 The burden of disease in this population affects the general population directly through increased health care costs and through the transmission of communicable diseases (e.g., HIV, HCV, and tuberculosis) after people are released from detention. Imprisonment has also been associated with worse health in family members of those who are detained, compared with the general population, including chronic diseases 4 and poor mental health 5,6 in adult relatives and mortality in male children. 7 At the community level, higher rates of incarceration have been associated with adverse health outcomes, such as sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancies. 8 There is also evidence that poor health in persons who are released from detention, particularly those with inadequately treated mental illness and substance use disorders, 3 may affect public safety and reincarceration rates, 3 and that better access to health care is associated with less recidivism. 9,10 Finally, the right to health and health care is enshrined in international human rights documents, 11,12 and is a legislated responsibility of governments in many countries.Intervening during imprisonment and at the time of release could improve the health of people who experience imprisonment and public health overall. 13 To address this gap, we systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve health in persons during imprisonment and in the year after release.We chose this population because we view imprisonment as a unique opportunity to deliver and to link with interventions for this population, and to highlight interventions t...

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Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Affect Regulation and Supportive Group Therapies for Victimization-Related PTSD With Incarcerated Women

Cited by 69 publications

References 76 publications

Sexual problems and post‐traumatic stress disorder following sexual trauma: A meta‐analytic review

Sexual problems and post‐traumatic stress disorder following sexual trauma: A meta‐analytic review

Interventions with women offenders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of mental health gain

A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions to Improve the Health of Persons During Imprisonment and in the Year After Release

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