Improving access to addiction and mental health care at VA clinics
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests an approach to help VA clinics reach more Veterans with proven treatments for addiction and mental health conditions. It focuses on clinic-level processes (not individual medications) to increase how widely evidence-based care is delivered.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your care would be at a VA medical division or outpatient clinic (including community-based outpatient clinics, or CBOCs).
- The clinic must have quality results below the VA’s average for key evidence-based mental health and addiction measures.
- The clinic must have at least 12 months of data from 2018 to compare changes over time.
- The clinic must not already be participating in a specific VA quality improvement program called OVACS.
- The clinic must have enough patient volume (about 122 or more unique patients per month on average).
- The clinic must have an onsite mental health or addiction team, including at least 1 psychiatrist, 1 psychologist, and 1 social worker.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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