Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in Re-entry (STAR-R) for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

This study, called STAR-R, is testing two approaches to help people released from jail who have both mental health and substance use disorders. You might receive either "Full MISSION-CJ," which is a 6-month program offering counseling and support to help you access community services, or "Peer Linkage Support," where a peer specialist (someone with similar life experiences) helps you connect with needed services. The study aims to see how well these interventions help people engage in treatment. To join, you must be 18 or older, read and write English, be released from a participating jail, and have both a substance use and mental health disorder. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design: This is an interventional study planning to enroll 240 participants. It compares two behavioral interventions: Full MISSION-CJ and Peer Linkage Support.
What's involved: Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation: Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up: Your engagement in treatment will be measured weekly through 6 months post-enrollment, and also at baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-enrollment.

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Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in Re-entry (STAR-R)

Not Yet Recruiting

NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

~240 participants

Updated 2026-07-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What's tested:Full MISSION-CJPeer Linkage Support

At a glance

Recruiting sites

0 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now

RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open

What they're measuring

Engagement in Treatment

Measured over Measured weekly through 6-months post enrollment

+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Mental Health

Substance Use Disorders

Co-occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Where it's being run

2 sites across 1 states

Massachusetts2

Study leadership

David Smelson, PsyD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Paige Shaffer, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Who to contact

David Smelson, PsyD

[email protected]

508-713-5420

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

18 years or older;

Proficient in reading and writing in the English language;

Are released from one of the participating jail/s; and

Have a current co-occurring substance use and mental health disorder, which includes both any substance use disorder (including alcohol) and mental health disorder (including depression, anxiety, trauma related disorders, bipolar, and/or schizophrenia) as documented by the participating jails.

Exclusion

Are acutely suicidal based on the CSSRS; or

Are acutely psychotic (as this would require a higher level of care) based on SCID-5-RV.

What this trial measures

Engagement in TreatmentMeasured weekly through 6-months post enrollment
Measured by total days participating in each condition using fidelity logs adapted for each treatment arm.
Engagement in Treatment6-months post enrollment
Measured by total community provider linkages
Engagement in TreatmentMeasured at baseline, 3, 6, 9, 12-months post enrollment
Measured by total days participating in other healthcare services. Measured using an adapted version of the Treatment Services Review (TSR)

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