A Randomized Trial of Specialty Mental Health Probation: Measuring Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes

Deinse, Tonya B. Van; Givens, Ashley; Cowell, Mariah; Ghezzi, Marilyn; Murray-Lichtman, Andrea; Cuddeback, Gary S.

doi:10.1007/s10488-021-01172-0

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“…There have been other reports of probation staff being trained over 5 days to make formulations of people with personality disorder (Brown et al, 2018). In the United States, a variety of training programmes have been delivered to equip staff for the role of the specialist mental health probation role (Van Deinse et al, 2021). In a recent systematic review, Sirdifield and her colleagues conclude that there should be an imperative to consider training in suicide prevention (Sirdifield et al, 2020):‘We have argued elsewhere that the lack of training for probation officers in either mental illness or substance misuse means that mental health issues are often missed by offender managers.…”

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The European survey of probation staff’s knowledge of, and attitudes to, mental illness

Brooker

Tocque

2023

European Journal of Probation

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There is a high prevalence of mental health disorders on probation staffs' caseloads. Approximately 40% of all clients will have a mental health disorder often compounded by drug or alcohol problems. It is therefore important that a probation officer can recognise mental illness and refer to the appropriate local agency. It is therefore important to know how much probation staff understand about mental illness. The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) was distributed to probation staff in all countries registered as members of the Confederation of Europe. In this paper, overall average scores for the MHLS for each country are presented. Factors which help to explain the variation in scores are also examined such a caseload size and gender of staff member. The results are discussed within the context of a possible European curriculum for probation training. Probation (CEP) organisation.

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The European survey of probation staff’s knowledge of, and attitudes to, mental illness

Brooker

Tocque

2023

European Journal of Probation

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“…Two independent studies found specialized probation clients had fewer revocations and rearrests for new crimes than similar probationers on traditional supervision (Skeem et al, 2017; Wolff et al, 2014). More recently, Van Deinse and colleagues (2022) found the opposite conclusion in a randomized control trial where clients on specialized probation were more likely to commit a new crime than those on standard probation despite having similar rates of technical violations.…”

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The Importance of Social Support for Individuals on Specialized Probation: A Gender Comparison of Relapse and Revocation

Alarid,

Matz

2024

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Informed by social support theory, this study examined gender differences of revocation and relapse of 526 probationers diagnosed with a substance use disorder, mental health disorder, or co-occurring disorder who were court-ordered for treatment. Within 18 months of starting probation, 51% of men and 56% of women were revoked. Although not statistically significant, the relapse rate was 34% for women and 26% for men. Significant predictors of revocation were similar across gender with a lack of family support being the strongest predictor for both groups, though notably stronger for women. Family support was a significant predictor of relapse for women but not for men. Inpatient treatment of at least 180 days had the greatest effect in reducing relapse and revocation for women. Treatment dosage of at least 90 days had modest effects in reducing men’s revocation, but the treatment effect was less pronounced for men’s relapse rates.

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“…The fourth study of prototypical speciality mental health probation was a randomised controlled trial (Van Deinse et al, 2022a) in which people with serious mental illness were randomly assigned to either traditional probation officers or speciality mental health probation officers in one rural and one urban county. Results from this study showed that speciality officers were more likely to address the mental health needs of those on their caseload compared with traditional officers.…”

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Serious mental illness in probation: A review

Brooker

Sirdifield

Deinse

2023

European Journal of Probation

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Research into serious mental illness and probation is reviewed. In addition, there is a specific review of the role of specialist mental health probation staff in the United States (US). In the discussion, we compare progress with the care of the seriously mentally ill within probation in Europe and the US. We conclude that the specialist role for probation staff developed in the US has significant advantages which have been well evaluated which should be implemented, in a large multi-centre trial, across Europe.

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A Randomized Trial of Specialty Mental Health Probation: Measuring Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

The European survey of probation staff’s knowledge of, and attitudes to, mental illness

The European survey of probation staff’s knowledge of, and attitudes to, mental illness

The Importance of Social Support for Individuals on Specialized Probation: A Gender Comparison of Relapse and Revocation

Serious mental illness in probation: A review

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