Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning to Reduce Adolescents' Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors During and After Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization

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Conditions studied: Self-Injurious Behavior, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts

In brief

Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among adolescents, with the highest risk period for suicide being the month following psychiatric inpatient hospitalization. The investigators propose testing a brief, scalable intervention using evaluative conditioning aimed at reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents during and after inpatient hospitalization. Scalable interventions, such as the one proposed that reduce suicide risk during this markedly high-risk period, could result in large-scale decreases in suicide death.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05796531

Run by

Franciscan Hospital For Children, INC.

People needed

155

Starts

2023-03-31

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-12

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be a patient on McLean-Franciscan Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program (MF-CAIP) of Franciscan Children's (FC)
• Be 12-19 years-old
• Own a smartphone
• Have a parent/guardian that can provide permission
• Child can assent
• Presentation to the hospital with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt.

You may not qualify if…

• Any factor that impairs an individual's ability to comprehend and effectively participate in the study, including
• an inability to speak or write English fluently
• the presence of gross cognitive impairment due to florid psychosis, intellectual disability, dementia, acute intoxication, etc., or the presence of extremely agitated or violent behavior
• a potential discharge location anticipated to be a residential program in which the average length of stay is more than 14 days

Where it is running

• Franciscan Hospital For Children, Inc. — Brighton, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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