Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Attempters With Drug Dependence Disorder

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Suicide, Attempted, Substance-Related Disorders

In brief

This study will examine the effectiveness of combining cognitive therapy with enriched usual care for preventing subsequent suicide attempts in people with a drug dependence who have recently attempted suicide.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00218725

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

2

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2005-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Recent suicide attempt with an emergency department visit within 48 hours of the attempt (suicide attempt is considered to be a potentially self-injurious behavior with a nonfatal outcome for which there is evidence, either explicit or implicit, that the individual intended to kill himself or herself)
• Current DSM-IV diagnosis of a current drug dependence disorder within the past 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• Self-mutilating behavior without intent to commit suicide
• An acute, unstable, or severe Axis III disorder that may affect participation

Where it is running

• Psychopathology Research Unit-University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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