NCT04751968

BRAVA: Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents

Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents (BRAVA): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Group Intervention for Adolescents With Mild to Moderate Suicidal Ideation and Their Caregivers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The prevalence of suicidal ideation (SI) among adolescents in North America is high, making it critical to develop evidence-based brief interventions for adolescents with SI that target healthy coping skills and relationships. BRAVA is a novel brief group intervention for adolescents with mild to moderate SI and their caregivers; youth are taught skills for coping and relating more effectively with others. Caregivers learn about adolescent development, effective parenting and the importance of connection. The goal of the randomized controlled trial is to assess the efficacy of a virtually-delivered, brief group intervention for adolescents with mild to moderate SI and their caregivers in reducing SI.

Conditions

• Suicidal Ideation
• Suicide and Self-harm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Group Intervention	The intervention will consist of 6 psycho-educational group sessions for caregivers and 6 psycho-educational group sessions for adolescents. Adolescent and caregiver sessions will be held separately and will focus on different issues. Adolescents are taught skills for coping and relating more effectively with others. Caregivers learn about adolescent development, effective parenting and the importance of connection. The groups consist of 6 stand-alone modules permitting rolling entry and prompt access. Youth and Caregivers will receive a weekly text message reminder of their exit assessment date/time, homework from that week's intervention group and crisis resources.
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced Treatment as Usual	Youth and Caregivers will receive a weekly text message reminder of their exit assessment date/time, a mental health tip and crisis resources.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-12
• Primary completion: 2023-05-25
• Completion: 2023-08-25
• First posted: 2021-02-12
• Last updated: 2024-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada