Skills to Enhance Positive Affect in Suicidal Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Attempted

In brief

The prevalence of suicidal behaviors in adolescents remains unacceptably high and is a significant public health concern. The investigators propose a new treatment approach in which skills to increase positive emotions are taught to the most vulnerable at-risk adolescents, those admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit due to suicide risk. The investigators believe that teaching skills to increase positive emotions will lead to better problem-solving, increased social support, and other benefits which will serve as protective factors and decrease suicide risk.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02130583

Run by

Brown University

People needed

52

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-02

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-05

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• current hospital admission due to concern of suicide risk
• ability of patient to speak, read, and understand English sufficiently well to complete the procedures of the study
• living at home

You may not qualify if…

• active psychotic disorder
• cognitive deficits that preclude full understanding of study materials
• adolescents who have become wards of the state and do not intend to return to the home of their biological or adoptive parents

Where it is running

• Butler Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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