Developing a Telehealth Model to Improve Treatment Access for Rural Veterans With Substance Use Disorders

Description

This project will pilot-test and obtain stakeholder input on a telehealth-delivered substance use disorder (SUD) care model (with initial engagement and ongoing MI-CBT treatment) with the goal of increasing treatment utilization and improving outcomes for rural and non-rural Veterans with SUDs.

Conditions

Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, Substance Dependence, Veterans

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Study overview

This project will pilot-test and obtain stakeholder input on a telehealth-delivered substance use disorder (SUD) care model (with initial engagement and ongoing MI-CBT treatment) with the goal of increasing treatment utilization and improving outcomes for rural and non-rural Veterans with SUDs.

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Developing a Telehealth Model to Improve Treatment Access for Rural Veterans With Substance Use Disorders

Condition
Substance Use
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Ann Arbor

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105-2303

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Veteran patients at the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System
  • * Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) SUD diagnosis and/or substance use on average of 2 days a week over the past month
  • * Telephone access
  • * Able to provide informed consent
  • * Receiving SUD psychotherapy
  • * Inability to speak or understand English
  • * Substantial mental health instability or conditions that preclude informed consent (e.g., acute psychosis, cognitive deficits) or understanding of assessment or program content
  • * Prior alcohol withdrawal seizures or delirium tremens

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

VA Office of Research and Development,

Lewei Lin, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

Study Record Dates

2026-09-30