NCT05127330

Pilot RCT of a Video-based Intervention for Suicide Prevention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Butler Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators will develop a brief video-based intervention for suicide prevention, called LifePlans. LifePlans will be tested in a pilot randomized controlled trial (n = 40) to examine its feasibility and acceptability. Investigators will recruit patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital for suicidal thoughts and behaviors who will receive the intervention for 4 weeks post-discharge. Patients will be assessed at hospital baseline, 1 month post-discharge, and 6 months post-discharge.

Detailed description

In this project, we propose to develop a new intervention, called LifePlans. LifePlans will consist of brief videos that highlight patients' experiences. Episodes will cover these topics: 1) developing a personalized "Life Plan" to stay safe and restrict means, 2) clarifying valued life domains and related goals to improve hopefulness, 3) using informal problem solving to cope better with illness, 4) improving communication with family/friends to increase social support, and 5) adhering to primary treatments including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy to promote illness management. LifePlans will be tested in a pilot randomized controlled trial (n = 40) to examine its feasibility and acceptability. Investigators will recruit patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital for suicidal thoughts and behaviors who will receive the intervention for 4 weeks post-discharge. Patients will be assessed at hospital baseline, 1 month post-discharge, and 6 months post-discharge.

Conditions

• Suicidal Ideation
• Suicidal Behaviors
• Suicide

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	LifePlans	LifePlans is a video-based intervention, in which patients watch episodes starting during a psychiatric hospitalization and continuing through 1 month post-discharge. Other mental health treatment is unrestricted.
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment as Usual	Individuals will receive unrestricted routine mental health care in the community as appropriate for their condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-11-30
• Completion: 2023-11-30
• First posted: 2021-11-19
• Last updated: 2025-05-13
• Results posted: 2025-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States