Clinical Trial: Smoking Cessation for Veterans With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Randomized Trial of a Smoking Cessation Program for Persons With SMI

Brief Summary:

The investigators have developed an intervention called Behavioral Treatment of Smoking Cessation in SPMI (BTSCS), an innovative intervention that supplements pharmacotherapy and education with contingency management and a multifaceted behavioral group treatment program that lasts for three months (24 group meetings). BTSCS is designed to address the cognitive, motivational, and social support problems characteristic of people with SPMI.

The investigators propose to conduct a randomized trial for persons with SPMI that compares (1) BTSCS: a 6-month manualized smoking cessation program adapted from an effective substance abuse treatment program for this population to (2) StSST: a standard manualized smoking cessation program which reflects current best practices.