Motivational Coaching to Enhance Mental Health Engagement in Rural Veterans

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Conditions studied: Mental Health, Rural Health, Veterans Health

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate health problems among rural Veterans. The research project also aims to test a new telephone-based approach for helping Veterans who need treatment connect with the appropriate care. This study will help us to better understand the kinds of problems Veterans experience. The study will also help us to find better ways to help Veterans get the help they may need.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01893983

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

418

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• a Veteran over age 18
• a resident of VISN 16 or 21 catchment areas receiving care at a CBOC with no plans to re-locate within 8 months of enrollment
• positive for 1 or more of the following disorders: PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, high-risk drinking, and/or illicit substance use

You may not qualify if…

• hearing- impaired,
• no working telephone,
• Veterans with self-reported (and/or CPRS-confirmed) diagnoses of schizophrenia, psychosis or bipolar disorder, or active suicidality or homicidality
• received mental health treatment within the last 60 days and/or has future appointments for mental health treatment in the next 30 days

Where it is running

• Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR — North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA — San Francisco, California, United States

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