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Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Youth

NCT04994873 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 216

Last updated 2025-10-15

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Summary

This is a Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation design. Specifically, this study proposes to test the effectiveness of STEP in reducing suicidal events and ideation in 216 adolescents, admitted to inpatient psychiatric care due to suicide risk. Participants will be randomized to either STEP or ETAU. STEP involves 4 in-person sessions (3 individual, 1 family) focused on psychoeducation regarding positive and negative affect, mindfulness meditation, gratitude, and savoring. Mood monitoring prompts and skill reminders will be sent daily for the first month post-discharge and three times a week for the following two months. The ETAU condition will receive reminders to log into a safety resource app, matched in frequency to the STEP group. Effectiveness aspects of the design include using clinical staff as interventionists and having very few exclusion criteria.

Conditions

  • Suicide, Attempted

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

STEP

Behavioral intervention to increase positive affect

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced TAU

Standard care plus a phone app with a personalized safety plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brown University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-04
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2026-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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