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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Vocational Counseling Intervention to Improve Occupational Functioning and Employment Quality Among Veterans With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllVA Office of Research and Development
NCT07097376 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Veterans living with mental health and substance use conditions are at risk of unemployment, which leads to significant health-related consequences. Though the Veterans Health Administration offers numerous vocational rehabilitation programs to address unemployment, they are not uniformly effective for everyone who participates. This project will test a new model for addressing Veteran unemployment. This new model adds career development services (a vocational counseling program called Purposeful Pathways) to a standard model of vocational rehabilitation (a program called Transitional Work \[TW\]). The investigators will test if adding Purposeful Pathways to TW leads to more Veterans working in quality jobs as well as better quality of life, reduced mental health symptoms, and reduced substance use. This project fills a critical need in advancing research and practice aimed at reducing V

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * enrolled in VHA TW at one of the three VA recruitment sites * be unemployed * report interest/intention to return to paid work within the upcoming three years * presence of a psychiatric disorder as indicated by documented ICD-10 diagnosis (mental health disorder and/or substance use disorder) addressed in an encounter at VHA within the 24 months preceding study enrollment * willing to participate in weekly vocational counseling sessions Exclusion Criteria: * report a plan to remain unemployed during the upcoming 12 months * report plans to retire within the next 12 months * be currently retired * be a full-time student * enrolled in Supported Employment * experiencing significantly elevated mental health symptoms as indicated by a score greater than 26 on the Symptom Checklist-6 (SCL-648) * have a guardian or conservator
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What it tests

  • Purposeful Pathways
  • Transitional Work
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Where

3 sites
Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
Hines, United States
VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA
Bedford, United States
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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