Family Intervention for Suicidal Youth: Emergency Care

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Suicide, Attempted

In brief

This project evaluates a brief intervention in the emergency department (ED) for adolescents presenting with suicide attempts. The intervention aims to capitalize on the opportunity offered by the ED visit to deliver an effective intervention, improve adherence to follow-up care, decrease the risk of repeat suicide attempts, and improve clinical and functioning outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00558805

Run by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Starts

2003-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-11-15

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 10-18 years
• Suicidal patient presenting to Emergency Department

You may not qualify if…

• Acute psychosis/symptoms that impede consent/assessment
• No parent/guardian to consent (youth <18)
• Youth not English-speaking
• Parents/guardians not English or Spanish-speaking.

Where it is running

• UCLA Emergency Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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