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Skills to Enhance Positive Affect in Suicidal Adolescents

NCT02130583 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2019-03-05

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Summary

The prevalence of suicidal behaviors in adolescents remains unacceptably high and is a significant public health concern. The investigators propose a new treatment approach in which skills to increase positive emotions are taught to the most vulnerable at-risk adolescents, those admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit due to suicide risk. The investigators believe that teaching skills to increase positive emotions will lead to better problem-solving, increased social support, and other benefits which will serve as protective factors and decrease suicide risk.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Positive Affect Skills Training

Individual sessions (3-4) delivered on the inpatient unit, focused on psycho-education regarding positive affect and mood monitoring and teaching of skills to attend to positive affect such as mindfulness, gratitude, and savoring. In-person sessions are followed by weekly phone calls and daily text messages for one month, with option to extend.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual

Participants will follow the intervention plan laid out in their discharge summary, but do not receive any individual sessions regarding positive affect. Upon discharge, they will receive generic text messages regarding healthy habits for one month, with option to extend.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brown University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shirley Yen, Ph.D. · Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-02
Completion
2016-09-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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