Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
VA Office of Research and Development
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is a particular problem among VA users and among persons with a diagnosed mental illness. The prevalence of smoking among VA mental health patients has remained high, in part because smoking cessation treatment rates have remained low. Telephone-based counseling represents the most feasible approach to increasing smoking cessation treatment among VA patients. The approach used in this study has been used very effectively in a primary care-based population that includes a large percentage of mental health patients. This project would target the program specifically at patients seen in VA Mental Health Clinics.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Smokers who are referred from Mental Health Clinics in VA VISNs 1 and 3.
Patients must have access to a telephone and a regular mailing address.
You may not be if
No access to a telephone
no mailing address
not receiving care from a VISN 1 or VISN 3 Mental Health provider
