Supported Employment: Motivational Enhancement for Entry and Outcome

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Unemployment

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare 6 monthly counseling sessions to 6 monthly information sessions on Veterans' decisions to (a) participate in vocational rehabilitation services and (b) become employed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01041976

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

168

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Eligible to receive VA services
• Diagnosis of serious mental illness: schizophrenia, schizoaffective, psychosis NOS, bipolar disorder, or depression with psychotic features
• Currently unemployed
• Not currently enrolled in Supported Employment services
• Expects to stay within 100 miles of Bedford, MA for the next 18 months
• Has a significant other (friend or family member) who is also willing to participate (a criterion required only from March 2011 to March 2012 of the recruitment period)

You may not qualify if…

• Currently in prison
• Not able to provide informed consent
• Not able to speak and understand English

Where it is running

• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

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