DBT for Smoking Cessation in High Risk Veterans

Description

Individuals prone to suicidality are typically excluded from tobacco cessation interventions even though they are disproportionately likely to smoke, and even though smoking cessation has been linked to improved mood and reduced risk of suicide. This trial enrolls Veteran smokers at high risk for suicide, and assigns them to receive either cessation treatment as usual, or a novel treatment that incorporates standard behavioral cessation treatment with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment for suicide risk.

Conditions

Tobacco Dependence, Suicidal

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Individuals prone to suicidality are typically excluded from tobacco cessation interventions even though they are disproportionately likely to smoke, and even though smoking cessation has been linked to improved mood and reduced risk of suicide. This trial enrolls Veteran smokers at high risk for suicide, and assigns them to receive either cessation treatment as usual, or a novel treatment that incorporates standard behavioral cessation treatment with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment for suicide risk.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Smoking Cessation in High Risk Veterans

DBT for Smoking Cessation in High Risk Veterans

Condition
Tobacco Dependence
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

San Diego

Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States, 92161

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

  • * Veteran receiving VA healthcare
  • * multiple indicators of elevated suicide risk in 6 month period
  • * cognitive impairment
  • * unable to attend virtual intervention

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Veterans Medical Research Foundation,

Neal M. Doran, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Veterans Medical Research Foundation / VA

Study Record Dates

2025-06-01