Status:
RECRUITING
Youth Empowerment and Safety Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
Case Western Reserve University
Collaborating Sponsors:
FrontLine Service
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Suicide
Self-Injurious Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
12-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This clinical trial will implement and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial impact of Peer Support Specialist (PSS) services for public system-involved sexual and gender minority (lesb...
Detailed Description
A sharp increase in U.S. youth mental health problems coupled with the national shortage in child behavioral health clinicians has identified peer providers as a cost- and impact-effective solution. P...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Child
- 12-17 years of age
- Self-identify as a sexual or gender minority (SGM)
- Involved in one or more system: juvenile justice, child welfare, and/or community-based mental health
- Personal experience with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB)
- English speaking
- Willing and able to provide informed assent
- Child
Exclusion
- Less than 12 or greater than 17 years of age (0-11 or 18 and over)
- Do not self-identify as a sexual or gender minority (SGM)
- Not involved in the juvenile justice, child welfare, and/or community-based mental health systems
- No personal experience with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB)
- Not English speaking
- Unwilling and/or unable to provide informed assent
- Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-80 years of age
- Primary Caregiver of youth who meet child inclusion criteria listed above
- English speaking
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
- Caregiver
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 31 2026
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 30 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07214233
Start Date
January 31 2026
End Date
November 30 2027
Last Update
December 24 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106