Suicide Prevention Intervention for At-Risk Individuals in Transition

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide

In brief

The four year SPIRIT Trial, or Suicide Prevention Intervention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition, will recruit 800 pretrial jail detainees at risk for suicide. Each participant will be randomly assigned to today's standard care or to Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) method and then followed for one year after release. Outcomes include suicide events, suicide attempts and ideation, psychiatric symptoms, functioning, treatment utilization, problem-solving, belongingness, and cost-effectiveness.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02759172
Run by: Michigan State University
People needed: 800
Starts: 2016-04-01
Expected to finish: 2019-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2025-12-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Unsentenced male and female pretrial jail detainees
18+ years of age
at risk for suicide, operationalized as a response of "yes" on item 4 or greater on the initial 5 C-SSRS screening questions, indicating the presence of at least some active suicide ideation with some intent to act in the past month (i.e., individuals at higher risk, such as those who report intent with specific plan and/or suicide attempt/s in the last month, will also be included);
speak and understand English well enough to understand questionnaires when they are read aloud.

You may not qualify if…

expects to be sentenced and serve their sentence before being released to the community
cannot provide the name and contact information of at least two locator persons
does not have access to any telephone.

Where it is running

Genesee County Jail — Flint, Michigan, United States
Rhode Island Department of Corrections — Cranston, Rhode Island, United States

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