Improving Mood in Veterans in Primary Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

The purpose of the Improving Mood in Veterans in Primary Care (IIR 14-047) is to evaluate a brief educational individual workshop that is meant to help Veterans better understand feelings of sadness and ways to improve their mood. This study is intended to evaluate and establish the workshop's effectiveness for use with Veterans in primary care settings. The study involves up to 6 in-person meetings and 6 telephone interviews across a 6-month period of time. Approximately 144 Veterans will participate in the study. Using a procedure like the flip of a coin, the participants will have a one in two chance of receiving the brief educational workshop or treatment as usual condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02276807

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

140

Starts

2015-03-23

Expected to finish

2018-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Veterans:
• aged 18 years
• seeking or receiving primary care services at the Syracuse, Canandaigua, or Buffalo VA Medical Centers
• reporting at least moderate depressive symptoms
• stable course of antidepression medications
• stable course of outpatient treatment for anxiety or substance use disorders

You may not qualify if…

• Veterans who are:
• unable to demonstrate an understanding of the informed consent
• non-English speaking
• reporting imminent risk of suicide
• have an unstable psychiatric condition
• currently involved in treatment for depression
• recently started antidepression medication or outpatient treatment for anxiety or substance use disorder
• currently involved or completed inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment

Where it is running

• VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY — Buffalo, New York, United States
• Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY — Canandaigua, New York, United States
• Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY — Syracuse, New York, United States

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