Increasing Treatment Seeking Among Suicidal Veterans Calling the Crisis Line

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide

In brief

The goal of this research plan is to test the effectiveness of a brief, cognitive behavioral (CB) intervention to promote behavioral health treatment engagement among at-risk Veterans who call the Crisis Line but are resistant to behavioral health services.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01771965

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

19

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for the study are as follows:
• individuals 18 and older who call the Veteran Crisis Line
• have a phone number where they can be reached, be it a land line or a cell phone
• deemed by the Crisis Line responder to be at risk for suicide, but not imminent risk
• refuse a referral to the SPC or to a behavioral health treatment provider during the call
• report current suicidal ideation (SI) during the call based on administration of a standard item
• have not been in behavioral health treatment in the past. Presence of SI will be subsequently confirmed by the research assistant using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, a validated instrument.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria are being judged by the Crisis Line responder to show:
• debilitating cognitive impairment
• active psychosis or mania
• acute alcohol or drug intoxication

Where it is running

• Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY — Canandaigua, New York, United States
• White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT — White River Junction, Vermont, United States

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