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Testing a Peer-Support Group for Veterans Who Hear Voices

A Multisited Efficacy Trial of Veteran Voices and Visions

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

  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews

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
  • "The investigators will use the updated Consolidation Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to guide interviews with VVV facilitators, and local and national mental health leadership."
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 compares two peer-led support groups: Veteran Voices and Visions (VVV) and Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP). It is for Veterans with schizophrenia or related conditions who hear voices. Researchers will test whether VVV reduces distress, helps Veterans feel they belong, and improves how they connect with others.

Veterans with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who experience psychosis struggle with social integration- e.g., participation in work, housing, and citizenship-due to symptoms, stigma, and psychosocial functioning deficits. Veteran Voices and Visions (VVV) is a psychosocial, peer-led group intervention for Veterans with psychosis based that reduces distress related to psychosis and fosters a sense of belonging for Veterans living with psychosis. VVV destigmatizes psychosis; reframes symptoms; and introduces personalized, meaningful coping strategies enabling social interaction. The investigators will assess VVV's efficacy in a trial comparing recipients of VVV to another peer-led group, Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP), on outcomes of distress from psychosis, sense of belonging, and social functioning while identifying contextual factors regarding implementation at two sites. The investigators hypothesize that proximal reduction in distress and increased sense of belonging results in improvements in social functioning.

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

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Have heard voices or other sounds that others do not hear at least weekly over the past 6 months, not only because of substance use.
  • Speak English well enough to take part in groups.
  • Can understand the study and agree to take part.

Who can't join

  • Have psychosis, such as hearing voices or losing touch with reality, caused only by substance use.
  • Have a significant seizure disorder, brain injury from trauma, dementia, a developmental disorder, or an intellectual disability.
  • Cannot give informed consent for any reason, including severe current psychosis, mania (an extremely high-energy mood), dementia, or having an active guardian or durable power of attorney.
  • Plan to move care elsewhere or stop care in the next 3 months.
  • Have attended a VVV group before.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Has been experiencing auditory hallucinations at least weekly within the past 6 months that are not exclusively due to substance use * English fluency sufficient for participating in groups * Able to provide consent Exclusion Criteria: * Psychosis exclusively due to substance use * Clinically significant seizure disorder, traumatic brain injury, dementia, developmental disorder/intellectual disability * Inability to provide informed consent for any reason, including due to acute psychosis, mania, or dementia, or active guardianship or durable power of attorney * Plan to transfer or terminate care in the next 3 months * Has previously attended a VVV group

Study sites (2)

CA

PA