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Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Youth
Led by Brown University · Updated on 2025-10-15
216
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
256 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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
Official Title
Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Youth
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ages 12 to 60 years
- Hospitalized on an inpatient psychiatric unit due to suicide risk
- Past month suicide attempts or suicidal ideation
- Proficient in English (parent either English or Spanish)
- Access to a smartphone
- Stakeholders aged 22 to 60 years who work with adolescents hospitalized for suicide risk
- Stakeholders proficient in English or Spanish
You will not qualify if you...
- Active psychotic disorder
- Significant cognitive impairment or deficits
- Ward of the State
- Discharge to a residential facility
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
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2
Butler Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906
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3
Bradley Hospital
Riverside, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
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Research Team
A
Anthony Spirito, PhD
CONTACT
S
Shirley Yen, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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