Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Replication Trial

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide, Attempted, Suicidal Ideation

In brief

The overall goal for the proposed project is to test the effectiveness of BCBT for the prevention of suicide attempts in a sample of treatment-seeking U.S. military personnel and veterans. The standard null hypothesis will involve tests conducted comparing improvement following BCBT (treatment duration of 12 weeks) to Person-Centered Therapy (PCT). The primary outcome comparisons will include direct markers of suicidality (i.e. suicide, suicide attempts). Secondary outcomes will be suicide ideation and indicators of psychiatric distress (e.g., depression, hopelessness). We also aim to assess several hypothesized psychological and neurocognitive mediators of treatment effects (e.g., wish to live, attentional bias, emotion regulation). Participants will be followed for 2 years posttreatment by independent evaluators blind to treatment condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03769259

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

300

Starts

2020-01-22

Expected to finish

2025-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-12-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Current or past service in the U.S. military
• 18 years of age or older
• Reporting current suicide ideation with intent to die and/or a suicide attempt within the past two weeks
• Ability to understand and speak the English language; and ability to complete the informed consent process.

You may not qualify if…

• Psychiatric or medical condition that precludes the ability to provide informed consent or participation in outpatient treatment (e.g., psychosis, mania, acute intoxication).

Where it is running

• Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune — Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States
• The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Lowcountry Center for Veterans Research — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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