Preventing Violence Among Veterans in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aggression, Substance-Related Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact on both clinical (violence and substance use) outcomes and health services use (substance use disorder and mental health treatment) compared to standard SUD treatment (enhanced treatment as usual) of 1. an integrated Motivational Interviewing-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MI-CBT) violence prevention treatment intervention delivered during the 8-week early substance use disorder treatment phase; and 2. MI-CBT plus a continuing care (CC) intervention for the 3-month continuing care period following the early treatment phase MI-CBT+CC). The study will provide important new information regarding the role and relative impact of both early treatment and continuing care interventions designed to impact substance use and violence, and whether combining such interventions yields additional benefits.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01337973

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

180

Starts

2012-06-20

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Participants with severe and recent violence (i.e., injuring another person in the past year) will be eligible for the RCT.
• Eligible patients also will meet DSM-IV criteria for either alcohol or illicit drug (e.g., cocaine, marijuana, opiates, etc.) abuse/dependence.
• The study will include those with comorbid mood and/or anxiety problems (e.g., depression, PTSD and other anxiety disorders), whether or not on medication at the point of recruitment, with the exception of those who have schizophrenia and/or are mentally incompetent (e.g., unable to provide informed consent).
• A brief mental status screen will with an established cutoff will be required for competency.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants who are suicidal (ideation, intent and plan) at the point of recruitment will not be enrolled in the study. Rather, research staff will inform clinical staff at the study site if a potential participant is currently suicidal.
• Participants who report transient suicidal ideation but no intent or plan will be eligible to participate.
• As noted, individuals with schizophrenia and/or who are mentally incompetent to consent for participation will be excluded. Finally, participants who live outside the study catchment area (i.e., a 45 mile radius of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System) will be excluded.

Where it is running

• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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