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Suicide Prevention Intervention for At-Risk Individuals in Transition

NCT02759172 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2025-12-10

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Summary

The four year SPIRIT Trial, or Suicide Prevention Intervention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition, will recruit 800 pretrial jail detainees at risk for suicide. Each participant will be randomly assigned to today's standard care or to Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) method and then followed for one year after release. Outcomes include suicide events, suicide attempts and ideation, psychiatric symptoms, functioning, treatment utilization, problem-solving, belongingness, and cost-effectiveness.

Conditions

  • Suicide

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Safety Planning Intervention

Brown and Stanley's Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) is a brief, adjunctive intervention designed to reduce subsequent suicidal behavior in high-risk populations. The core element of SPI is the collaborative development of the Safety Plan, which is a prioritized written list of coping strategies and supports that individuals can use during or preceding suicidal crises. In this study, safety planning will occur during pretrial jail detention, with telephone follow-up in the community to conduct risk assessment, review the Safety Plan, problem-solve obstacles to treatment, and assist with linkage to services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Johnson, PhD · Michigan State University

  • Lauren Weinstock, PhD · Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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