N/A
Completed N=25
Impact of VVV Group for Veterans With SMI
Psychotic disorders · Veterans
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05562674 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
25
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
May 2026
Primary outcomePrimary: The Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale (PSYRATS-AH) — 20.9 score on a scale — p=0.60
Summary
Veterans with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) struggle with social integration - participation in work, housing, and citizenship - due to symptoms, stigma, and psychosocial challenges. Despite considerable VA efforts to provide mental health care to Veterans with SMI, programs that promote social integration are lacking. Veterans with SMI are at especially high risk for poor social integration and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project addresses this need with a group-based, peer specialist (PS) co-facilitated psychosocial intervention for Veterans with SMI, called "Veteran Voices and Visions" (VVV). VVV targets Veterans with SMI who experience psychosis, a group particularly in need of support with social integration. Virtual VVV groups are co-led by VA mental health clinicians (MHCs) and PSs via online video conference. The approach facilitates group cohesion around and normalization of the common psychotic symptoms of SMI: hallucinations, delusions, and social isolation. This intervention has the potential to create and foster a supportive community that improves the social integration of participants by reducing their distress and self-stigma, and increasing self-efficacy.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY The Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale (PSYRATS-AH) |
20.9 | 0.60 |
| PRIMARY Role Functioning Scale Total Score |
17.6 | 0.79 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Omnipotence Subscale |
7.4 | 0.96 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Malevolence Subscale |
3.7 | 0.016 sig |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Benevolence Subscale |
6.1 | 0.74 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Resistance Subscale |
11.0 | 0.035 sig |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Emotional Resistance Subscale |
4.1 | 0.006 sig |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Behavioral Resistance Subscale |
6.9 | 0.22 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire-R Engagement Subscale |
7.2 | 0.48 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire - R Emotional Engagement Subscale |
4.1 | 0.56 |
| SECONDARY Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire - R Behavioral Engagement Subscale |
3.1 | 0.5 |
| SECONDARY Peters Delusion Inventory Count |
4.9 | 0.71 |
| SECONDARY Peters Delusion Inventory Distress Subscale |
2.6 | 0.57 |
| SECONDARY Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Global Score |
41.0 | 0.71 |
| SECONDARY Questionnaire on the Process of Recovery |
42.5 | 0.67 |
| SECONDARY Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale |
31.4 | 0.99 |
| SECONDARY Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness |
2.1 | 0.95 |
| SECONDARY UCLA Loneliness Scale |
47.3 | 0.46 |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- DSM 5 diagnoses of:
- schizophrenia
- schizoaffective disorder
- bipolar with psychosis
- depression with psychosis
- PTSD with psychosis
- unspecified psychosis
Exclusion Criteria
- Substance-induced psychosis,
- clinically significant neurological disease,
- history of serious head injury with loss of consciousness > 1 hour
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05562674). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.