Status:
COMPLETED
A Brief Community Linkage Intervention for Dually Diagnosed Individuals
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Psychotic Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Surveys suggest that up to 80% of veterans with a persistent mental illness have a co-occurring substance use disorder. Substance abuse among this population is problematic and often results in poor e...
Detailed Description
This study involved a randomized attention controlled trial of 102 individuals recruited on the inpatient psychiatry service at the New Jersey VA with a substance abuse disorder and a severe and persi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female patients over 18 years old.
- Patients who have a substance abuse disorder and a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar I disorder.
- Patients seeking outpatient treatment for the above disorders from the VA.
- Physically mobile
- Agree to take public transportation if they do not have other private sources.
Exclusion
- Patients who only have either a mental health problem, or a substance abuse problem, but not both.
- Patients who do not have a residence where they can stay upon discharge from the hospital.
- Patients who are not sufficiently medically or psychiatrically stable to participate in residential or outpatient treatment. Those patients could be re-evaluated for the study once stabilized.
- Patients exclusively engaged in methadone maintenance programs.
- Patients who represent a serious suicide risk.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
102 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00137267
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2009
Last Update
May 15 2015
Active Locations (2)
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1
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730
2
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange
East Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07018