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Dissertation
Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy for justice-involved individuals without serious mental illness: a pilot study
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
29 Mar 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010944
Abstract
Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) is an empirically supported intervention designed to meet the treatment needs of individuals that are generally disconnected or disinterested in treatment due to their mental health needs, prior experiences with the mental health system, and defeatist beliefs. While this intervention was originally developed for individuals with serious mental illness, justice-involved individuals have overlapping stressors and beliefs that similarly result in treatment disengagement; social disconnection; low motivation; and an absence of meaningful activity, life purpose, and aspirations for the future. Because CT-R has produced significant improvements in treatment motivation, treatment engagement, and increased hope, connection, and use of skills for those with serious mental illness, the current study examined whether incorporating CT-R within a risk-relevant, CBT-based mental health program for justice-involved individuals without serious mental illness would contribute to similar results. This pilot study evaluated whether individuals' quality of life, session attendance, program completion, and risk were improved following the inclusion of CT-R within a manualized intervention for participants enrolled in a risk-relevant mental health program designed for individuals recently released from federal incarceration. Few statistically significant findings were observed, which may be the result of a relatively small study with a limited sample. However, observable trends in the data suggested that the CT-R-enhanced intervention contributed to improvements in quality of life, session attendance, and treatment completion. These findings are most relevant to future research, as the present study suggests that the addition of CT-R within standard treatment approaches for justice-involved individuals may have promising effects.
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- Title
- Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy for justice-involved individuals without serious mental illness
- Creators
- Heidi Jane Zapotocky
- Contributors
- Kirk Heilbrun (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xi, 99 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991022053137904721