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Reducing Alcohol Misuse and Promoting Treatment Initiation Among Veterans Through a Brief Internet-Based
Eric R Pedersen1, Jordan P Davis2, Justin F Hummer2
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
This study tests a mobile intervention for post-9/11 veterans with hazardous drinking. The personalized feedback aims to reduce alcohol use and improve engagement with behavioral health treatment.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Behavioral Health
- Military Medicine
Background:
- Post-9/11 veterans face higher risks of hazardous drinking, PTSD, and depression.
- Barriers to behavioral health treatment are common among this population.
- Mobile interventions may improve access and engagement for these veterans.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficacy of a brief, mobile-delivered personalized normative feedback intervention.
- To promote engagement with behavioral health treatment among non-treatment-seeking veterans.
- To address hazardous drinking and co-occurring behavioral health issues in young adult veterans.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial involving 800 post-9/11 veterans (aged 18-40) with hazardous drinking.
- Participants receive either a personalized intervention or a control condition with care resources.
- Outcomes include drinking, alcohol-related consequences, and treatment-seeking behavior assessed over 12 months.
Main Results:
- Recruitment is expected within 6 months, followed by 12 months of data collection per participant.
- Analyses will commence 3 months after the final data point.
- Potential moderators such as sex, barriers to care, PTSD, depression, and AUD symptom severity will be explored.
Conclusions:
- This trial assesses a novel mobile intervention for veterans with hazardous drinking and co-occurring behavioral health problems.
- The intervention shows potential to enhance veteran health outcomes.
- It may help overcome significant barriers to accessing behavioral health treatment.
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