Actively Recruiting
Suicide Specific Rumination in Veterans
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2025-07-31
15
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
126 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Few treatments target core features of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in Veterans. Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback can provide information regarding brain activation associated with suicide-specific rumination, defined as a "repetitive mental fixation on one's suicidal thoughts and intentions." The goal of this feasibility study is for Veterans to learn strategies for modulating activity within brain regions that have been demonstrated to contribute to the maintenance of rumination, as they receive neurofeedback feedback signals from the brain.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Suicide Specific Rumination in Veterans
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- U.S. military veteran between 18-65 years old
- Negative pregnancy test on MRI scan days
- Score greater than or equal to 10 on the Suicide Rumination Scale
- Clinically stabilized on psychotropic medications
- Engaged in mental health care treatment
- Able to provide written, informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Major medical or neurological disorders that could interfere with treatment
- Moderate or severe traumatic brain injury
- Current imminent suicide risk as determined by psychiatric interview and clinical judgment
- Any current psychotic disorder
- MRI contraindications
- Substance use disorder other than mild alcohol or cannabis use disorder
- Pregnant or trying to become pregnant
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468-3904
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
P
Philip R Szeszko, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
1
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