NCT05196464

ACT Workshops: A Novel Delivery Modality to Increase Access to Care for Rural Veterans

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: Syracuse VA Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates access, effectiveness, and acceptability of 1-day ACT workshops on problematic mental health symptoms.

Detailed description

This study proposes to investigate access, effectiveness, and acceptability of 1-day ACT workshops delivered in 2 rural VA primary clinics with 32 Veterans with problematic mental health symptoms (i.e., depression, PTSD, or anxiety) that are risk factors for suicide.

Conditions

• Access to Care
• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Workshop	ACT workshops are single-day workshops that last 5-6 hours. The workshops will 1) Acceptance and Mindfulness Training emphasizing new ways of managing troubling thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations (e.g., learning how to recognize, and develop cognitive distance from unhelpful thoughts) and strategies to willingly face experiences that cannot be changed; and 2) Committed Action Training to help Veterans clarify what matters most to them (e.g., valued domains including family, friends, spirituality, career) and what they want to stand for in life, how they want to behave, and what strengths and qualities they want to develop. Within this context, the workshop will encourage engagement in, rather than avoidance of, actions consistent with valued directions, including engagement in healthcare. Workshop participants will be given homework related to implementing a key coping skill.
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment as usual (TAU)	TAU will consist of a consult to a mental health provider at their rural clinic. The patient will then be scheduled for an intake and offered traditional mental health treatment options. Treatment options are likely to include outpatient individual psychotherapy, psychotherapy groups, or medication management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2022-01-19
• Last updated: 2024-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States