Recruiting

Mindfulness Training

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT06975657

Conditions

Formerly Incarcerated Adults

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Wellbeing skills for reentry

Healthy Minds Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a mindfulness skills training program has mental health benefits for people returning to the community following incarceration. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does mindfulness skills training improve symptoms of anxiety and depression?
  • Do participants find this mindfulness program to be acceptable and feasible to participate in?

Researchers will compare outcomes for participants in the mindfulness training program to those in a waitlist control group who will receive the mindfulness program after the end of the study.

Participants will:

  • Complete an initial intake visit, consisting of an interview and questionnaires
  • Randomly be assigned to a mindfulness group or a waitlist control group
  • Participate in weekly mindfulness classes for 6 weeks (mindfulness group only)
  • Complete a set of questionnaires after the conclusion of the mindfulness classes
  • Complete a set of questionnaires and an interview 2 months after the conclusion of the mindfulness classes

Conditions

Formerly Incarcerated Adults

Study ID

NCT06975657

Start date

Jan 12, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Nov 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 or older
  • Formerly incarcerated in a local jail, state or federal prison
  • Can read, speak and understand English
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Suicidal ideation with some intent to act or with a specific plan and intent
  • Active psychosis
  • Daily or nearly daily use (over the past 3 months) of the following substances: cocaine, amphetamines, inhalants, sedatives or sleeping pills, hallucinogens, or opioids

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Wellbeing skills training

no intervention: Waitlist control

Interventions

Wellbeing skills for reentry

An 8-week, in-person meditation training program for formerly incarcerated adults, with practices and concepts grounded in the four pillars of the Healthy Minds Program (awareness, connection, insight, and purpose) that are supported by custom meditation practices presented in the Healthy Minds Program App.

Healthy Minds Program

A customized version of the Healthy Minds Program app will allow participants to listen to recorded meditation practices in support of the in-person curriculum.

Primary outcome measure

  • Psychological distress [ Time Frame: Baseline, following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks), 2-month follow-up after intervention period (approximately 18 weeks) ]
  • Feasibility based on Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA) questionnaire [ Time Frame: Following week 8 of intervention period (approximately 10 weeks) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Study Team

(608) 228-1709mindful-reentry@chm.wisc.edu

Locations

University of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53703

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Aug 13, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Wisconsin, Madison on 2026-08-13.