NCT05405231

Connecting National Guard Service Members Through Education in Crisis Line Facilitation Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 538 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

National Guard (NG) are affected by suicide at a much higher rate than civilians. The Military and Veterans Crisis Line (MVCL) is not being used as often as we would expect. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a group-based training session will impact awareness and use of the Military and Veterans Crisis Line (MVCL) among members of the National Guard.

Conditions

• Suicide

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF)	Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF) is a promising translational strategy designed to increase MVCL use among NG members during periods of elevated suicidal risk by addressing individual-level barriers.
BEHAVIORAL	Passive Implementation	The PI condition includes an educational resource brochure describing the MVCL, including the phone number for the crisis line, as well as other mental health services available to National Guard members.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-11
• Primary completion: 2025-07-31
• Completion: 2025-07-31
• First posted: 2022-06-06
• Last updated: 2025-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States