Status:

TERMINATED

Fostering Inmates' Well-being and Mental Health

Lead Sponsor:

Queen Mary University of London

Conditions:

Well-being

Eligibility:

MALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of the project was to provide an assessment of the impact of Transcendental Meditation on prison inmates' well-being. To achieve this goal the investigators conducted a before-and-after ...

Detailed Description

The meditation intervention consists of teaching four one-hour lessons of the Transcendental meditation technique developed and offered by the David Lynch Foundation. The technique involves the use of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • any inmate with no history of drug or alcohol abuse
  • recreational drug users who have refrained from using drugs for two weeks before learning the meditation technique
  • alcohol or drug addicts who are recovering from alcohol or drug use and have refrained from drug use for at least three months before taking part to the programme

Exclusion

  • informed consent not signed.
  • expected stay in HMP Warren Hill shorter than six months since the beginning of the project.
  • drug users and alcoholics not in rehabilitation
  • people with serious mental health problems
  • people who do not speak English as a first language.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 15 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

44 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04747730

Start Date

August 1 2019

End Date

December 15 2019

Last Update

January 25 2022

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HMP Warren Hill

Woodbridge, United Kingdom, IP12 3BF