Financial Incentives for Veteran Therapy Completion

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Motivation, Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Depressive Disorder

In brief

Recovery Resource Council (RRC) is one of the largest and most comprehensive non-profit mental and behavioral healthcare providers in North Texas. Accredited by the Joint Commission in Behavioral Health and licensed by the State of Texas as an Outpatient Treatment Center, RRC strives to promote wellness and recovery through a variety of services and programming. An important component of RRC programming is providing free counseling services to hundreds of U.S. veterans annually. While RRC observes great success for veterans who complete counseling, attendance can be a major obstacle. Veterans who approach RRC for individual counseling services and consent to participate will be randomly assigned to the treatment or control group. The control group will receive counseling as usual. The treatment group will receive $500 gift card payments upon completing their 6th, 12th, and 18th counseling sessions, i.e., $1,500 in gift cards for completing all 18 sessions, the usual prescribed length of therapy. Our primary focus is to examine the impact of the financial incentives on therapy attendance and attrition. In addition, the investigators will estimate the impact on mental health using mental health inventories collected over the course of therapy sessions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06234371

Run by

Christopher Cronin

People needed

600

Starts

2024-01-02

Expected to finish

2028-01-02

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Voluntarily agree to participation requirements outlined in the informed consent form
• 18 years of age or older
• Holds veteran status
• Possesses and is willing to share SSN
• Possesses and is willing to share an active email address
• Individual is not screened out by RRC - i.e., RRC would agree to provide services independent of the research study
• Is participating in individual counseling

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who are not interested in participating
• Individuals who do not consent
• Individuals posing a significant suicide risk

Where it is running

• Recovery Resource Council East Campus — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Recovery Resource Council North Campus — Denton, Texas, United States
• Recovery Resource Council West Campus — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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