A Digitally Assisted Risk Reduction Platform for Youth At High Risk for Suicide

Description

Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be used to provide a unique understanding of risk factors, including psychological distress, anhedonia and behavioral withdrawal, and sleep disturbance among high-risk individuals. This project aims to enhance the effectiveness of the delivery of preventative health care to youth at risk for suicide by developing a comprehensive digital platform that allows practitioners to integrate mobile sensing data and HIPAA-compliant client communication tools into their management of these young people.

Conditions

Suicide, Mental Health Disorder, Anhedonia

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be used to provide a unique understanding of risk factors, including psychological distress, anhedonia and behavioral withdrawal, and sleep disturbance among high-risk individuals. This project aims to enhance the effectiveness of the delivery of preventative health care to youth at risk for suicide by developing a comprehensive digital platform that allows practitioners to integrate mobile sensing data and HIPAA-compliant client communication tools into their management of these young people.

Development and Testing of a Digitally Assisted Risk Reduction Platform for Youth At High Risk for Suicide

A Digitally Assisted Risk Reduction Platform for Youth At High Risk for Suicide

Condition
Suicide
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

Columbia University, New York, New York, United States, 10032

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

  • * Written informed assent from adolescents ages 13-17 years old and permission from legal guardians, or consent from adolescents age 18 years old.
  • * Receiving treatment at the Intensive Adolescent and Family DBT Pgogram
  • * 13-18 years old
  • * Owns a personal smartphone (Android or iPhone 7+)
  • * Fluent in English
  • * Adolescents who require a higher level of care (i.e., are not admitted to the Intensive Outpatient DBT program)
  • * Adolescents who are receiving treatment at the Intensive Adolescent and Family DBT program and have already been assigned a clinician

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Ksana Health,

Nick Allen, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Ksana Health

Study Record Dates

2026-02-28