Dual Diagnosis Inpatients: Telephone Monitoring RCT to Improve Outcomes

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

In brief

This research program will improve the care and treatment outcomes of dually diagnosed veterans who receive inpatient psychiatry care, and decrease their use of VA inpatient mental health services. It will increase the use of substance abuse outpatient care and 12-step groups to benefit recovery, reduce rehospitalizations, and reduce costs for VA.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01135420

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

406

Starts

2011-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-29

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Dually diagnosed veteran in VA inpatient psychiatry treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Current diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
• too psychiatrically unstable or cognitively impaired to understand informed consent and other study procedures
• does not have ongoing telephone access

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States
• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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