Actively Recruiting
Brief Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)
Led by Unity Health Toronto · Updated on 2026-01-22
150
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
162 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this project is to assess the efficacy of Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL) in a randomized control trial. The investigators will be testing 150 participants Canada-wide, half of which will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL (B-TAU) and the other half will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL after a 3 month waitlist (WL-TAU). The main questions this study seeks to answer are: * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU for reducing suicidal thoughts at 3 months? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for reducing depression severity, anxiety, and anhedonia? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for improving social connectedness, emotional regulation, functioning (work, life, social), executive control and social problem-solving? * Are adverse events equivalent between B-TAU and WL-TAU at 3 months?
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Brief Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Suicidal ideation in the past week
- Access to a computer or phone with a camera
- Access to internet
- Access to an emergency contact and hospital within commuting distance
- Not receiving other psychotherapy or counselling services concurrently
- Willing to have the session recorded to determine therapy fidelity
- Any psychiatric diagnosis is allowed
- Follow-up visits with a psychiatrist and/or family doctor where a psychotherapeutic modality is not being used are allowable
You will not qualify if you...
- Inability to undergo psychotherapy in English
- Presence of cognitive impairment that would limit consent and understanding of Brief Skills for Safer Living
- Active psychosis
- Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
- Previously enrolled in the Brief-SfSL pilot study
- Unwilling or unable to communicate verbally
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1M8
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Anna Kiriakidis, RSSW, HBASc
CONTACT
O
Onjoli Krywiak, HBSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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