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Preventing Suicidal Behavior With Diverse High-Risk Youth in Acute Care Settings
Led by Johns Hopkins University · Updated on 2026-05-04
1000
Participants Needed
6
Research Sites
187 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
J
Johns Hopkins University
Lead Sponsor
J
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The study will compare the effectiveness of two relatively brief and scalable evidence-based interventions: the Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up Contacts (SPI+), a suicide-specific intervention that helps people prevent suicidal crises from escalating, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI), a psychotherapeutic crisis intervention treatment for suicidal adolescents that teaches youth skills to prevent suicidal crises and addresses interpersonal problems that lead to suicidal crises. The results will inform the future standard of care for youth at risk for suicide presenting in the ED setting. This project focuses on suicidal youth ages 12-24 in five ethnically and racially diverse urban areas: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Northern Manhattan/lower Bronx/eastern Queens communities in New York City, New York.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Preventing Suicidal Behavior With Diverse High-Risk Youth in Acute Care Settings
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Youth aged 12 to 24 years
- Suicide risk during acute care visit indicated by suicide-related chief complaint, recent suicidal thoughts, recent suicidal behavior, or clinician assessment
- Access to a cell phone capable of receiving calls and texts throughout the 12-month follow-up
- Verbal fluency and ability to communicate, understand, and read in English or Spanish
- Discharged from a higher level of care and back in the community within 4 weeks of the acute care visit, if applicable
You will not qualify if you...
- Significant cognitive or developmental delays preventing use of study interventions
- Altered mental status such as acute psychosis, intoxication, or mania
- Unable or unwilling to give informed consent, assent, or parental permission
- Study services not in the patient's best clinical interest due to different care needs
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 6 locations
1
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701
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2
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
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3
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUMC)
New York, New York, United States, 10032
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4
Weill-Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10065
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5
University of North Carolina Medical Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514
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6
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
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Research Team
H
Holly C Wilcox, PhD
CONTACT
T
Taylor Ryan, MA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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