Summary
This Career Development Award supports Dr. Victoria Ameral in developing a brief, values-based behavioral intervention for Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) to improve interpersonal functioning and community integration during early buprenorphine treatment.
What they want
The project involves three phases: manual development (Stage 1a) through stakeholder interviews with Veterans and VA Providers (Aim 1), an open pilot with a small sample of Veterans to field test the intervention (Aim 2), and a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing the intervention to standard medication management (Aim 3) to gather feasibility and acceptability data. The award also includes training aims for Dr. Ameral in recovery-oriented research, behavioral intervention development, medications for OUD, clinical trials methodology, qualitative methods, statistical analysis, and leadership.
Deliverables
- Manual development for a values-based intervention
- Stakeholder interviews with Veterans and VA Providers
- Open pilot test of the intervention
- Pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the intervention
- Feasibility and acceptability data for the intervention
Technical requirements
- Rounsaville’s Behavioral Therapy Development Model (Stages 1a and 1b)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) theoretical foundation
Key personnel
- Dr. Victoria Ameral (Clinical Research Psychologist)
- Mentorship team
