Gender Responsive Trauma Informed Treatment for Justice Involved Women

  • Salina Ph.D., Doreen D (PD/PI)

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

Women exiting criminal justice settings are disproportionately impacted by health disparities and have many unmet needs such as housing, jobs and mental health treatment. These unmet needs often lead to substance relapse and re-arrest when they return to their communities. Justice-involved women also have high rates of co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders associated with trauma. It is critical to provide gender-specific, trauma informed treatment and post-release support upon release from criminal justice settings to interrupt the cycle of relapse and re-incarceration. Comprehensive treatment that begins early after release from the criminal justice system can promote better physical and psychological functioning and decrease substance use and recidivism. We propose to address these gaps in service and interrupt the repetitive cycle of release, relapse and recidivism. We will recruit 35 women who have been recently incarcerated and provide comprehensive assessments, strength based case management and gender responsive, trauma informed treatment. The intervention will provide mental health treatment and linkages to community based agencies to address factors associated with relapse, homelessness, mental and physical health problems and reincarceration. We will also help women access needed services for their children. These results will contribute to better understanding of the needs of justice involved women.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date9/1/178/31/19

Funding

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Agmt 9/1/17)

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