Supplementing Brief Psychotherapy With a Mobile App

Description

Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide, and the risk of suicide is highest in the period immediately following discharge from inpatient psychiatric care.1Importantly, despite the enormously elevated risk during this period, nearly 50% of patients do not attend scheduled therapy after discharge. Even among those who do attend therapy, however, the skills learned in treatment may be difficult to use during the highly distressing time leading up to and during a suicide crisis. Most traditional treatments are not designed to be effective during a suicide crisis. In order to reduce the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in general and specifically during the post-discharge period, interventions are needed that: (1) are easily adhered to and (2) are accessible and effective during a suicide crisis. As such, the purpose of this research study is to test an innovative, new intervention in order to develop an effective and accessible intervention for those at high risk for suicide

Conditions

Suicide and Self-harm, Emotion Regulation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide, and the risk of suicide is highest in the period immediately following discharge from inpatient psychiatric care.1Importantly, despite the enormously elevated risk during this period, nearly 50% of patients do not attend scheduled therapy after discharge. Even among those who do attend therapy, however, the skills learned in treatment may be difficult to use during the highly distressing time leading up to and during a suicide crisis. Most traditional treatments are not designed to be effective during a suicide crisis. In order to reduce the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in general and specifically during the post-discharge period, interventions are needed that: (1) are easily adhered to and (2) are accessible and effective during a suicide crisis. As such, the purpose of this research study is to test an innovative, new intervention in order to develop an effective and accessible intervention for those at high risk for suicide

Supplementing Brief Psychotherapy With a Mobile App

Supplementing Brief Psychotherapy With a Mobile App

Condition
Suicide and Self-harm
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Piscataway

Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States, 08854

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

  • * Adult status (18+ years)
  • * Admission to eligible units in our partner hospital with a reason for admission having to do with suicide risk
  • * The ability to speak and write English fluently,
  • * Ownership of and consistent access to an internet-capable smartphone (e.g., an iPhone or Android phone)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,

Evan Kleiman, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Study Record Dates

2025-03-30