Status:
COMPLETED
Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) For Homeless Veterans In VA Services
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Alcoholism
Substance-related Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Homeless Veterans with substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major group served by VA and are heavily represented in VA housing. VA recently adopted a 'Housing First' approach emphasizing rapid housing...
Detailed Description
Anticipated Impacts on Veterans Health Care: VA set an ambitious goal for ending homelessness among Veterans by 2015. Housing Urban Development-VA Support Housing \[HUD-VASH\] and Grant and per Diem ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women Veterans currently in Housing Urban Development-VA Support Housing \[HUD-VASH\] and Grant and per Diem \[GPD\]), newly entering the program but not yet housed, or Veterans on the HUD-VASH interest (wait) list.
- Able to comprehend English.
- Meets DSM-V criteria for a current substance use disorder and have used substances in the 30 days prior to treatment entry. Participants on medications targeting their substance use must be stabilized on medications for at least 2 weeks before therapy initiation.
- May meet criteria a mood, anxiety or other psychiatric disorder. Participants on maintenance medications for a mood or anxiety disorder must be stabilized on medications for at least 2 weeks before therapy initiation.
- Able to adequately provide informed consent and function at an intellectual level sufficient to allow accurate completion of all assessment instruments.
- Willing to commit to 4 group therapy sessions, baseline, 1, 3, and 6 month follow-up assessments.
Exclusion
- Active suicidal or homicidal ideation with a plan as this is likely to require hospitalization or other interventions that could interfere with study participation.
- Unstable psychiatric condition that is likely to require hospitalization or other interventions that would interfere with study participation.
- Unstable medical condition or one that may require hospitalization during the course of the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 30 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 17 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
185 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02233738
Start Date
September 30 2015
End Date
July 17 2018
Last Update
July 27 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5703