Telehealth to Improve Prevention of Suicide (TIPS)

Description

The study will rigorously evaluate whether synchronous, within-visit telemental health evaluation and intervention services can successfully overcome poor access to behavioral health and substandard suicide-related care in emergency departments (EDs), including evaluating the impact on system metrics, a primary goal of RFA-MH-20-226. Notably, the study will surpass this primary requirement, because it will extend understanding of the relative added value of the ED-SAFE post-visit telephone intervention and will create knowledge about key factors related to implementation and sustainment.

Conditions

Suicide Risk

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The study will rigorously evaluate whether synchronous, within-visit telemental health evaluation and intervention services can successfully overcome poor access to behavioral health and substandard suicide-related care in emergency departments (EDs), including evaluating the impact on system metrics, a primary goal of RFA-MH-20-226. Notably, the study will surpass this primary requirement, because it will extend understanding of the relative added value of the ED-SAFE post-visit telephone intervention and will create knowledge about key factors related to implementation and sustainment.

Telehealth to Improve Prevention of Suicide in EDs

Telehealth to Improve Prevention of Suicide (TIPS)

Condition
Suicide Risk
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Worcester

UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655

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 \> 18 years old
  • * Adults presenting to ED who either screen positive on the universal suicide risk screener completed at triage or those who the ED treating team decides should have a mental health evaluation
  • * Research sample limited to those who live in Massachusetts
  • * \< 18 years of age
  • * Residing outside Massachusetts

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Massachusetts, Worcester,

Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UMass Medical School

Study Record Dates

2025-09-08