Research and Publications

Critical Time Intervention and Released Prisoners, 2007

This pilot randomized trial tested the feasibility of two different models of implementing CTI with mentally ill men upon release from prisons in London and Manchester: 1) prison-based and 2) community-based with the CTI manager visiting the prison. Funded by the Medical Research Council.

FINDINGS:

• Participants receiving CTI were significantly more likely to engage with mental health services upon discharge (61%) than those receiving treatment as usual (10%).

Jarrett, M., Thornicroft, G., Forrester, A., Harty, M., Senior, J., King, C., Huckle, S., Parrott, J., Dunn, G., and Shaw, J. (2012) Continuity of care for recently released prisoners with mental illness: a pilot randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility of a Critical Time Intervention. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 21:187-193.