NCT04888845

Refinement of Suicide Risk Management Intervention

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of the 4 interventions using a sequential stratified randomization procedure. We will use sex (M, F) and history of suicide attempts (never, 1, and multiple) as our randomization strata. Participants will be assessed before and after the intervention to study the potential effects of each approach on suicide-related clinical outcomes.

Conditions

• Structured Interview
• Narrative Assessment
• Safety Plan
• Crisis Response Plan

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Safety Plan	The safety plan is a written, prioritized list of coping strategies and resources for reducing suicide risk.
BEHAVIORAL	Crisis Response Plan	Crisis response planning intervention teaches a range of coping strategies and provides support that can reduce suicide attempts and ideation.
BEHAVIORAL	Structured interview	In the structured interview approach, clinicians ask a series of predetermined questions and/or assess a specified set of risk and protective factors, typically using a checklist-based approach.
BEHAVIORAL	Narrative Assessment	In the narrative assessment approach, clinicians ask patients to "tell the story" of their suicidal crisis.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-22
• Primary completion: 2026-07-30
• Completion: 2026-07-30
• First posted: 2021-05-17
• Last updated: 2024-12-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States