Status:
COMPLETED
Pathways to Vocational Rehabilitation: Enhancing Entry and Retention
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Poverty
Unemployment
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will examine the barriers and supports for entering and receiving work-related services for veterans with a serious mental illness. It will also determine the effectiveness of a brief motiv...
Detailed Description
Randomized clinical trials and naturalistic studies show that among patients meeting criteria for chronic mental illness, those participating in vocational rehabilitation (VR) have significantly reduc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Current diagnosis of serious mental illness, present for at least 2 years
- Is unemployed or underemployed
- Current episode of un/underemployment is at least 3 months
- Enrolled to receive services at study site
Exclusion
- Over the age of 55
- Non-English speaker
- Mini-Mental score of less than 20
- Planning to move more than 30 miles from study site in the next 18 months
- Previously screened for this study
- Currently or previously involved in other research studies which may impact variables relevant to this study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00223834
Start Date
March 1 2005
End Date
September 1 2007
Last Update
March 14 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730