Family Therapy as Hospital Aftercare for Adolescent Suicide Attempters

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Suicide Ideation, Depression, Family Conflict

In brief

Few empirically-based treatment models exist for adolescent suicide attempters post psychiatric hospitalization, despite the fact that managed care has limited the role of hospitalization to stabilization, rather than remission. This study will test the efficacy and initial outcomes of Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) as an aftercare model to further gains made in inpatient treatment and reduce risk factors for future suicide attempts.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01195740

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

20

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-17

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• in inpatient mental health treatment
• report a suicide attempt in the past month
• have a primary caretaker willing to participate in aftercare
• are able to travel to CHOP
• have no history of psychosis or low intellectual capacity
• speak adequate English.

You may not qualify if…

• being discharged to a residential placement

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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