Phone-supported therapy study for homeless Veterans with serious mental illness
Tests whether a phone-assisted therapy program is feasible for Veterans with serious mental illness.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: MI-CBTech: A Mobile Intervention for Community Integration in Homeless-Experienced Veterans With SMI
Key facts
- Where
- West Los Angeles, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT06138054, who can take part
Where in United States
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CAWest Los Angeles, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Trial code
- NCT06138054
- Record updated
- 5 November 2026
- Original description
This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a brief behavioral intervention that combines two treatments, Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), that have been shown to work in prior research studies. The format of the intervention will be a combination of in-person sessions and remote elements delivered via mobile phone (together called MI-CBTech). The goal of the intervention is to improve community integration in Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) who have experienced homelessness. A time- and format-matched control arm will include remote mindfulness training. 50 Veterans with SMI experiencing homelessness will be randomized to one of the two arms (25 per arm).Read full original descriptionShow less
Improving Community Integration in Homeless Veterans With Serious Mental Illness: A Pilot Study of MI-CBT Enhanced With Mobile Technology
This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a brief behavioral intervention that combines two treatments, Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), that have been shown to work in prior research studies. The format of the intervention will be a combination of in-person sessions and remote elements delivered via mobile phone (together called MI-CBTech). The goal of the intervention is to improve community integration in Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) who have experienced homelessness. A time- and format-matched control arm will include remote mindfulness training. 50 Veterans with SMI experiencing homelessness will be randomized to one of the two arms (25 per arm).
Inclusion: Veterans currently residing at the VA Greater Los Angeles Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (Domiciliary); diagnosis of non-affective or affective psychotic illness as confirmed by chart review; history of homelessness; sufficiently fluent in English to consent, understand procedures, and complete assessments and intervention; medically and clinically stable (i.e. able to participate in and complete assessments and intervention).
Exclusion: history of clinically significant neurological disorder determined by medical history (e.g., epilepsy); history of serious head injury (i.e., loss of consciousness > 1 hour, neuropsychological sequelae, cognitive rehabilitation post head injury); moderate or severe substance use disorder in the past month based on chart review; evidence of IQ < 70 or developmental disability.