Just-in-time Interventions for Reducing Short-term Suicide Risk

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Conditions studied: Suicide

In brief

The goal of this study is to test the effects of just-in-time intervention strategies aimed to promote implementation of the safety plan and its components at different levels of suicidal urges and intent. The main questions the investigators aim to answer are: 1. What is the acceptability and feasibility of the just-in-time intervention strategies? 2. What are the proximal effects of just-in-time intervention strategies aimed to promote use of the safety plan and its components? 3. What internal and external contextual factors moderate the just-in-time intervention effects? Participants (adults hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or behaviors) will: * Answer questions about current suicidal thoughts on their smartphone up to 4 times each day during both hospitalization and the 4 weeks after they leave the hospital * Each time they submit a survey, be immediately randomized to receive (or not receive) a just-in-time intervention tailored to their level of current suicidal thoughts * Answer brief follow-up questions on their smartphone within a couple hours of each randomization * Provide feedback on their experience with the just-in-time interventions

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05793541

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

185

Starts

2024-11-19

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Experiencing suicidal thoughts as part of their inpatient admission
• Access to a smartphone following discharge
• Ability to speak and write English fluently

You may not qualify if…

• Any factor that impairs the ability to effectively participate in the study (e.g., significant cognitive impairment, intellectual disability, presence of violent behavior, psychotic illness/symptoms determined by the treating clinician to impair ability to understand the study or provide informed consent)
• Failure to correctly answer all true/false questions in the consent form

Where it is running

• Mass General Brigham — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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