Brief New Treatment for Suicide Attempts

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide, Attempted, Drug Use, Alcohol; Use, Problem

In brief

Individuals with alcohol or drug use problems who are hospitalized for suicide attempt are at high risk for reattempt. This treatment development study adapts a promising outpatient intervention to prevent suicide reattempt in order to administer it during hospitalization to individuals with alcohol and drug use problems, and to test the adapted intervention in a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03300596

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

34

Starts

2018-03-12

Expected to finish

2020-09-15

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• suicide attempt within one week of hospitalization with acknowledgment of some intent to die using a standard item
• problematic alcohol or drug use as determined by score >8 on Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, AUDIT or >3 on the 10-item version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test, DAST-10
• admission to hospital
• residence within 40 miles of Strong Memorial Hospital

You may not qualify if…

• under age 18
• treated in ED, CPEP, or observation unit only
• unable to communicate with the researcher in English
• unable to comprehend the nature of the study
• participation untenable from a medical (e.g., intubated), psychiatric (e.g., florid psychosis), or behavioral (e.g., refusing to speak with staff) standpoint
• short hospital length of stay, ruling out administering three sessions of the therapy prior to discharge

Where it is running

• University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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