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Intensive Crisis Intervention

Description

The study's purpose is to improve the clinical management of severe crises experienced by youth with psychiatric disorders by examining a brief, evidence-based alternative to inpatient psychiatric care.

Conditions

SuicideSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedSuicide and Self-harmSuicide Threat
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SuicideSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedSuicide and Self-harmSuicide Threat

Study Overview

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Study Details

Study overview

The study's purpose is to improve the clinical management of severe crises experienced by youth with psychiatric disorders by examining a brief, evidence-based alternative to inpatient psychiatric care.

Intensive Crisis Intervention (ICI) for Adolescent Suicidal Behavior

Intensive Crisis Intervention

Condition
Suicide
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Columbus

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215

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.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Youth between the ages of 12 years 0 months and 17 years 6 months at time of consent
  • 2. Present to the Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) Psychiatric Crisis Department (PCD) or NCH Psychiatry Consult Liaison (CL) Service with suicidal ideation and/or behavior as the primary referral
  • 3. Be eligible for admission to both YCSU and APIU based on PCD or CL clinician's clinical judgement
  • 4. Patient and legal guardian must be willing to be admitted to either YCSU or APIU
  • 5. Youth obtains a score of ≥23 on the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR)
  • 6. Youth resides with a primary caretaker who has legal authority to consent for participation in research
  • 7. Legal guardian must attend the PCD or CL evaluation
  • 1. Participants who are unable to understand study procedures (e.g., intellectual disability, actively psychotic)
  • 2. Inability to speak or read English adequately to understand and complete study consent and procedures

Ages Eligible for Study

12 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Jennifer Hughes,

Jennifer L Hughes, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2026-07-31