NCT03600532

Teachable Moment Brief Intervention for Suicide Attempt Survivors in an Inpatient Setting

Testing the Efficacy of the Teachable Moment Brief Intervention for Suicide Attempt Survivors in an Inpatient Setting: Effects on Psychosocial and Experimental Pain Outcomes

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Tulsa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is looking at the helpfulness of a brief treatment targeting suicidality (Teachable Moment Brief Intervention \[TMBI\]) and experimental pain responses in an inpatient population as well as collecting comparison data from the community.

Detailed description

The proposed study will use an innovative one-session psychotherapeutic intervention called the Teachable Moment Brief Intervention (TMBI) for suicide attempters admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. A total of 60 patients will be recruited from the inpatient psychiatry unit at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital and 30 healthy community members for the study. Informed consent will be obtained for all participants and administration of the baseline assessment battery will be completed prior to randomization for patients. Patients will then be randomized to either (a) an experimental group receiving TMBI or (b) a group receiving treatment as usual (TAU). The intervention will consist of no more than 90 minutes (expected mean is 45 minutes for the intervention based upon previous studies of the TMBI) of 1:1 interaction with a study clinician. All participants will complete a follow-up assessment immediately following TMBI, TAU, or a rest period. Further, patients receiving the experimental intervention will then be asked to complete a client satisfaction survey. The aim will be to assess whether TMBI affects psychological, experimental pain, and autonomic nervous system responses as compared to TAU and community controls.

Conditions

• Suicide, Attempted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Teachable Moment Brief Intervention (TMBI)	Behavioral intervention informed by Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality and Dialectical Behavior Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy to assist in positive recovery trajectory following a suicide attempt.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-01
• Completion: 2019-07-01
• First posted: 2018-07-26
• Last updated: 2019-08-14

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States