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Enhancing Rehabilitation for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
This study addresses the critical need for innovative therapeutic interventions in Veterans with serious mental illnesses (SMI) receiving care in VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers (PRRCs). The vast majority of individuals with SMI suffer from cognitive impairments, leading to chronic functional disability, and impaired outcomes, causing a significant strain on support networks and the VA healthcare system. This study aims to introduce an innovative mental health therapy, Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT), to Veterans struggling with serious mental illnesses (SMI). TCT works to improve basic sensory information processing and, ultimately, clinical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning. By using EEG biomarkers to identify Veterans with SMI receiving care within VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers who are most likely to benefit from this treatment, and by understanding how best to implement this therapy, the investigators hope to enhance care and improve life quality for Veterans with SMI.
Official title: Enhancing Rehabilitation for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness Via Biomarker-Informed Cognitive Training
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 83 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-02-25
Completion Date
2028-10-31
Last Updated
2026-01-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Targeted Cognitive Training
TCT is a computer-based cognitive training program in which participants train on progressively more difficult auditory processing exercises in order to improve speed, accuracy and fidelity of auditory information processing in order to generate gains in cognition and functioning.
Locations (1)
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
San Diego, California, United States