Suicide in Urban Natives: Detection and Networks to Combat Events

Description

This study compares the effectiveness of a program to detect and manage suicide risk among American-Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Half of the participants will receive caring text messages to reduce suicidal thoughts, attempts, and hospitalizations and to increase engagement, social connectedness, and resilience in at-risk youth. The other half will receive usual care that does not include the caring text messages.

Conditions

Suicide Prevention

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Study overview

This study compares the effectiveness of a program to detect and manage suicide risk among American-Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Half of the participants will receive caring text messages to reduce suicidal thoughts, attempts, and hospitalizations and to increase engagement, social connectedness, and resilience in at-risk youth. The other half will receive usual care that does not include the caring text messages.

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Suicide in Urban Natives: Detection and Networks to Combat Events

Condition
Suicide Prevention
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Albuquerque

First Nations Community HealthSource, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87108

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

  • * Self-identify as American Indian or Alaska Native;
  • * Screen positive for mild, moderate, or severe risk of suicidality (referred by a clinical provider);
  • * Have a text-enabled mobile phone;
  • * Willing to be contacted by text;
  • * Able to participate voluntarily;
  • * Speak and read English;
  • * Cognitively able to independently provide written informed consent
  • * Under age 18
  • * In danger of imminent self-harm;
  • * Hospitalized

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 34 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Colorado, Denver,

Spero Manson, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus

Dedra Buchwald, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Washington

Study Record Dates

2025-05-31