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Integrated Suicide Supports and Safety Planning for Youth

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate an app to help keep teens and young adults with suicidal thoughts safe. The app includes a safety plan created by adolescents and healthcare providers in the clinic, and videos to encourage supportive communication and skills for teens and young adults to stay safe. The main question it aims to answer is whether the use of an app can increase youth suicide-related coping for youth with suicidal ideation, parent suicide prevention self-efficacy, and healthcare provider self-efficacy in suicide management. Researchers will compare usual care to usual care with the app. Participants, including adolescents, their caregivers and healthcare providers, will use the ISSP app (if assigned to that group) and complete three online surveys.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate an app to help keep teens and young adults with suicidal thoughts safe. The app includes a safety plan created by adolescents and healthcare providers in the clinic, and videos to encourage supportive communication and skills for teens and young adults to stay safe. The main question it aims to answer is whether the use of an app can increase youth suicide-related coping for youth with suicidal ideation, parent suicide prevention self-efficacy, and healthcare provider self-efficacy in suicide management. Researchers will compare usual care to usual care with the app. Participants, including adolescents, their caregivers and healthcare providers, will use the ISSP app (if assigned to that group) and complete three online surveys.

Integrated Screening and Safety Planning (ISSP) for Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts

Integrated Suicide Supports and Safety Planning for Youth

Condition
Suicidal Ideation
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Seattle

Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 13 -21 years, an Ask Suicide Questions (ASQ) screen score of 1-4 with no current plan or intent (item 5 negative and as assessed by their clinical providers) and/or a risk level of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) that constitutes the need for higher level assessment (such as the BSSA or C-SSRS) and/or a safety plan, as determined by an HCP because of a risk screener or a clinical interaction
  • * Parents/guardians: One "parent" per AYA will also be invited to participate.
  • * HCPs: All HCPs in participating clinics who may conduct assessments of SI (physicians, nurse practitioners/physician's assistants, social workers, nurses, psychologists) will be invited to participate.
  • * All subjects must have access to the internet and a computer or tablet device.
  • * Previously recruited to other affiliated Suicide Care Research Center study, no phone access, no parent willing to participate, non-English speaking, or already has a suicide safety plan that is being overseen by a mental health specialist.

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to 21 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Washington,

Laura Richardson, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Washington

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30