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PARTNER-MH 2.0 for Minoritized Veterans with Depression, Anxiety, or PTSD

This study, called PARTNER-MH 2.0, is testing a program designed to improve mental healthcare for Veterans from diverse cultural backgrounds who have depression, anxiety, or PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). The program, PARTNER-MH, uses peer support and patient navigation to help Veterans engage in care, address social needs, and communicate better with their doctors. Some participants will receive PARTNER-MH, while others will get an educational brochure about healthy living. Researchers will measure mental health improvements using a survey at the start, and again at 3 and 6 months. You can join if you are a Veteran aged 18 or older, from a racial or ethnic minoritized group, and are currently receiving or waiting for mental health treatment.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 268 participants. It is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the PARTNER-MH program or an educational brochure.
What's involved
Participants will receive either the PARTNER-MH program delivered via telehealth over three months, or an educational brochure. Mental health will be assessed at the beginning of the study, and again at 3 and 6 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 6 months after starting the study, with assessments at 3 and 6 months.

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NCT07645274

Improving Mental Healthcare Outcomes for Minoritized Veterans Through a Peer-led, Patient Navigation Program (PARTNER-MH 2.0)

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
VA Office of Research and Development
~268 participants
Updated 2026-06-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:PARTNER-MHEducational Brochure

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
The Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12), mental health composition score (6-items, MCS)
Measured over baseline, 3 and 6 months

Conditions

Diagnoses of Depression
Anxiety
PTSD

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

    Indianapolis, Indianastudy coordinator listed

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

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Johanne Eliacin, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

Who to contact

Johanne Eliacin, PhD
[email protected]
(317) 988-5298
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Member of a racial or ethnic minoritized group
Veterans who are currently receiving or waiting to receive treatment in the outpatient mental health clinics or affiliated CBOCS at the study sites
Eligible participants must be:
waiting to start treatment (e.g., Veterans who were referred to treatment, assigned a provider, or recommended a treatment option that includes either pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, or both but have not yet started treatment at time of enrollment)
Veterans who are already receiving ongoing treatment - pharmacotherapy, individual, and/or group psychotherapy, but initiated treatment within 9 months of study enrollment date
Have a diagnosis of depression, anxiety, or PTSD
Not currently receiving peer services in the outpatient clinic

Exclusion

Patients needing emergency psychiatric services of hospitalization due to suicidal ideation or recent suicide attempt (within past 2 months), have severe psychiatric symptoms (e.g., active psychosis), or a diagnosis of severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia)
Severe cognitive, hearing, or speech impairment (e.g., dementia, severe TBI)
Severe physical illness that impedes study participation
Recent hospitalization for substance use disorder (SUD) for the past 2 months or severe SUD symptoms based on the screen tools (AUDIC-C, DAST-10) that may require higher level of care and peer support

What this trial measures

  • The Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12), mental health composition score (6-items, MCS)baseline, 3 and 6 months

    The Veterans RAND 12-item (VR-12) is a brief, multi-use, self-administered survey that is used primarily to assess health-related quality of life, to estimate disease burden, and to evaluate disease-specific benchmarks with other populations. The 12 items in the questionnaire correspond to eight principal physical and mental health domains including general health perceptions; physical functioning; role limitations due to physical and emotional problems; bodily pain; energy-fatigue, social functioning and mental health. The 12 items are summarized into two scores, a "Physical Health Summary Measure {PCS-physical component score}" and a "Mental Health Summary Measure {MCS-mental component score}". VR-12 scores are standardized using a T-score metric ranging from 1-100, with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Scores below 50 indicate worse mental health than the general population average.