DryHootch iPeer: A Social & Technology Support Program for Veteran Mental Health

Project Overview

8th Funding Cycle Impact Award
     Project Start Date: 1/1/2013
     Project End Date: 12/31/2017

Project Goal Statement: Improve access to trained peer mentor support for younger veterans at risk for mental health problems on college campuses using a combination of face-to-face and smartphone interventions.

Award Amount: $749,797

Community Partners:
Primary Community Partner: Bob Curry, DryHootch of America
Additional Community Partners:

• Edgewood College
• Marquette University
• Mental Health America of Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Waukesha County Technical College

Academic Partners:
Primary Academic Partner: Zeno Franco, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Additional Academic Partners:

• Jeffery Whittle, MD, General Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center
• Karen Berte, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
• Leslie Patterson, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Clare Guse, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Will be added as they become available.

Affiliated Web Pages:
     DryHootch.org
     Edgewood College
     Marquette University
     Mental Health America of Wisconsin
     University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
     Waukesha County Technical College

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)
     Will be added as dissemination occurs.