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Enhancing Veteran-Clinical Collaboration in VA PRRCs

Enhancing Veteran-Clinical Collaboration in VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 10 weeks

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Veterans in both groups will attend 10 hour- long group sessions held over 10 weeks."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a group program to help Veterans feel more ready and able to work with their mental health care teams. It is for Veterans with serious mental illness who receive certain VA mental health services in San Diego, Los Angeles, or Albuquerque.

Over 60% of Veterans with serious mental illness have a service-connected disability that impairs their ability to work, go to school, and/or have successful personal lives. Although traditional treatments tend to focus on symptom remission, Veterans prioritize a range of treatment goals, including personal empowerment and gaining personally meaningful skills. Increasing Veteran-clinician collaboration can help effectively align care with each Veteran's goals and support an empowering therapeutic experience. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based intervention intended to increase Veterans' comfort, confidence, knowledge, and skills to collaborate with their treatment teams. Findings from this study will contribute important knowledge about this intervention's effectiveness and how to enhance its effectiveness, especially for Veterans from minoritized groups. If the decision-making intervention is effective, it would help Veterans with serious mental illness, and might also help Veterans with other chronic health conditions, like PTSD and chronic pain.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be a Veteran currently getting care at the VA in San Diego, Los Angeles, or Albuquerque through a Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), or Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP).
  • Have had a mental, behavior, or emotional disorder in the past year that greatly limits major parts of daily life. Staff will check your medical record and may talk with your clinician.
  • Be able to speak and read English well.
  • Agree to have sound recordings made of some VA mental health visits.

Who can't join

  • Have a substance use disorder or a disorder caused by physical changes or damage to the brain as your main diagnosis.
  • Care or study staff believe joining could put you at serious risk of worse symptoms, thoughts of suicide, or other harm.
  • Have a history or current risk of violence that staff believe is too high to manage safely in the study.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Be a Veteran currently receiving Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) and/or Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) services at VA San Diego, Los Angeles, or Albuquerque (e.g., seen in the clinic in the past month or based on clinic criteria) 2. Meet Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) criteria of serious mental illness; i.e., "having (within the past year) a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities," based on chart review and clinician consultation if needed 3. Be fluent and literate in English 4. Agree to have a subset of VA mental health treatment appointments audiotaped Exclusion Criteria: 1. Primary substance use or organic neurological disorder diagnosis determined by chart review 2. Are determined by clinician and/or study staff to be at significant risk of exacerbation of symptoms, suicidal ideation, or other risk due to study participation 3. Have a history and/or current risk of violence that clinicians and/or study staff determine to be too high risk to manage effectively in the study setting (e.g., poses a risk to Veterans or study staff)

Study sites (3)

CA

NM