mHealth-supported Skills Training for Alcohol-Related Suicidality Phase 3
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Conditions studied: Alcohol Drinking, Suicide
In brief
Suicide is a high priority public health problem and an increasingly prevalent alcohol-related consequence. One-third of people who die by suicide consume alcohol at hazardous rates in the year preceding death. Most people in an acute suicide crisis who present for treatment are admitted to acute psychiatric hospitalization. Yet, the 30-day period following discharge from hospitalization is by far the riskiest period for another suicide crisis. The specific aim for this project is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention called mHealth-supported Skills Training for Alcohol-Related Suicidality (mSTARS). Thirty-five inpatients with suicidal thoughts or behaviors who misuse alcohol will be randomized to one of three study conditions -- mSTARS, treatment as usual, or treatment as usual with skills training.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05847582
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 35
- Starts
- 2026-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18+
- hospitalized for suicide crisis at Duke BHIP
- an AUDIT-C score indicating hazardous past-month drinking (4 for men; 3 for women) + a 90-day calendar timeline follow-back (TLFB) indicating a minimum of 3 heavy drinking days per week on average (per NIAAA standards)
- owns a smart phone
- fluent in English.
You may not qualify if…
- current psychotic or mania symptoms indicated by the MINI Neuropsychiatric Interview 6.0.(MINI)
- receiving ECT at the time of hospitalization, which could inhibit learning
- engaged in weekly outpatient psychotherapy
- discharging to another high level of psychiatric care.
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