Status:
RECRUITING
Development of a Recovery Oriented Treatment for Post-Acute Suicidal Episode (PASE) Veterans
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Suicide
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Mental health care for Veterans with suicidal symptoms is of paramount import to the VA. Unfortunately, VA suicide reports show suicide rates increasing, suggesting a need for enhancing current VA sui...
Detailed Description
Research Design and Methods Phase 1 CI-CT has not, to date, been used for the PASE Veteran population. To optimize CI-CT's effectiveness for a PASE population and continue to align it as closely as ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- suicide attempt, or creation of a suicide plan with intent or preparatory behavior, within the past year, as assessed using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS) - to provide this information, in addition to the standard lifetime/3 months categories in the CSSRS a 1 year category will be added
- participation in mental health services at the JJPVA
- sufficient clinical stability and readiness to participate in a group therapy as deemed by a mental health treatment provider
- sufficient medical stability as deemed by a medical provider
- Veteran of US Military
- resides in NYC region
Exclusion
- active alcohol or opiate dependence requiring medically supervised withdrawal
- imminent risk of suicidal or homicidal behavior
- acute suicidal episode within past week
- current acute suicidal symptoms (based on scores of the BSI and SBQ-R - see above)
- inability to perform CI-CT treatment tasks based on their performance on a sample reading and writing task from the CI-CT manual (given during screening), operationalized as an ability to read the sample material, understand the instructions, and write a response connected with the material and in line with the writing instructions
- unable to speak English
- lack of capacity to consent
- unable or unwilling to provide at least one contact for emergency purposes
- unable to attend outpatient group treatment program
- participation in another intervention RCT
- insufficient interpersonal functioning to function appropriately within the group assessed through a consultation with the referrer and the Veterans' mental health provider about their interpersonal functioning and ability to tolerate group therapy, and a chart review searching for disruptive behavior in group therapy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 22 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 25 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
57 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04731519
Start Date
February 22 2022
End Date
April 25 2026
Last Update
December 16 2025
Active Locations (1)
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James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468-3904