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Veterans with mental illness may get therapy from trained peers

NCT ID NCT03467243

Disease control Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether peer specialists—people who have serious mental illness themselves and are trained to help others—can effectively deliver two types of therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) and Social Skills Training (SST). The goal is to help veterans with conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder improve their social functioning and quality of life. The trial involved 191 veterans and compared peer-delivered therapy to usual care.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) and Social Skills Training (SST) delivered by peer specialists
What this could lead to
If effective, this could expand access to proven therapy for veterans with serious mental illness by using trained peer specialists instead of only doctors or therapists.
What could go wrong
This is a completed trial with 191 participants, but results are not yet widely confirmed. Peer delivery may not be as effective as professional-led therapy, and individual outcomes may vary.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

191 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Aug 2018

Finished

Sep 2025

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary informed consent (must be able to be given by the patient) * Primary diagnosis of SMI documented in the medical record * schizophrenia * schizoaffective disorder * bipolar disorder with psychotic features * Fluent in English so as to be able to complete testing Exclusion Criteria: * Medication changes in the prior month * Current or recent (within the past year) CBSST, CBT, or SST (so any skill knowledge and any improvement in outcome can be attributed to SST- or CBSST-Peer rather than participation in other forms of current or recent CBT or SST interventions) * Level of care at baseline that interferes with outpatient participation * Current hospitalization for psychiatric, substance use or physical illness * hospitalized subjects will be invited to participate 1 month after discharge * Severe and/or unstable mental illness as indicated during informed consent process by inability to pass the Blessed measure in the first visit * Cognitive impairment as indicated by inability to pass the 10 item T/F measure about informed consent * Women who are pregnant will be excluded from this study * Incarcerated Veterans will be excluded from this study * Veterans with impaired decision making capabilities will be excluded from this study

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

bipolar disorder Depression psychiatric disorder schizoaffective disorder schizophrenia

As listed by the trial registrant

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Serious mental illness

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15240, United States

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