Improving Care, Accelerating Recovery and Education

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the I-CARE program in children who are in a medical hospital awaiting inpatient mental health treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the I-CARE program be used at the medical hospitals and do the patients and hospital staff like the program? * Does the I-CARE program lower patients' emotional distress, thoughts about suicide or suicide attempts? Patients will complete as many of the 7 I-CARE videos as possible during their stay at the medical hospital and fill out online surveys. There are workbook activities that go with each I-CARE video. A hospital staff member will help the patient do the videos and workbook activities.

Conditions

Mental Health Disorder, Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Ideation, Emergency Psychiatric

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the I-CARE program in children who are in a medical hospital awaiting inpatient mental health treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the I-CARE program be used at the medical hospitals and do the patients and hospital staff like the program? * Does the I-CARE program lower patients' emotional distress, thoughts about suicide or suicide attempts? Patients will complete as many of the 7 I-CARE videos as possible during their stay at the medical hospital and fill out online surveys. There are workbook activities that go with each I-CARE video. A hospital staff member will help the patient do the videos and workbook activities.

I-CARE: The Effectiveness of a Modular Digital Intervention to Reduce Suicidal Ideation and Emotional Distress During Pediatric Psychiatric Boarding

Improving Care, Accelerating Recovery and Education

Condition
Mental Health Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Burlington

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401

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

  • * Adolescents aged 12-17 years
  • * Ability to speak and complete surveys in English
  • * Presented to ED with suicidal ideation or attempt
  • * Awaiting psychiatric disposition
  • * Receiving one-on-one safety supervision
  • * Medically stable
  • * Cognitive or developmental delays that preclude program participation based on clinical team assessment
  • * Diagnosis of psychosis
  • * Primary reason for hospitalization or ED visit is an eating disorder
  • * Parent/guardian not fluent in English (or Spanish - future plan)
  • * Admission or transfer for psychiatric care anticipated on the first day of potential enrollment
  • * Clinical team concern for patient or staff safety based upon active behavioral concerns
  • * In child protective custody/ward of the state

Ages Eligible for Study

12 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,

JoAnna K Leyenaar, MD, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Dartmouth Health

Study Record Dates

2026-07-31