Caring for Vets and Service Members: Caring Contacts for Stressed and Distressed Veterans and Service Members

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to study stressed or distressed veterans and service members. Researchers will compare Caring Contacts plus best available resources to best available resources alone to see if reduces distress and prevents thoughts of suicide.

Conditions

Stress, Distress, Emotional

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to study stressed or distressed veterans and service members. Researchers will compare Caring Contacts plus best available resources to best available resources alone to see if reduces distress and prevents thoughts of suicide.

COVE (Caring for Vets and Service Members)

Caring for Vets and Service Members: Caring Contacts for Stressed and Distressed Veterans and Service Members

Condition
Stress
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Seattle

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104

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

  • * US service member or veteran
  • * 18 years or older
  • * Lives in the United States
  • * Stressed (recent separation from or in transition out of the military, unemployment, financial strain, unhoused, or suicide loss, etc.) or distressed (isolation, depression, substance use, loneliness, defeat, hopelessness, psychological pain, or suicidal ideation, etc.)
  • * Willingness to be contacted periodically by text message and either email or postal mail

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Washington,

Katherine A Comtois, PhD/MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Washington

Study Record Dates

2026-09-30