NCT05613972

Integrated Suicide & Trauma Therapy for Suicide Risk

Using Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Adults With a History of Childhood Trauma

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators have developed a novel suicide intervention, Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy (ISTT). ISTT combines Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)-a promising method to enhance coping skills and reduce suicidality-with a trauma therapy component to alleviate the specific impacts of childhood trauma on suicide risk. The aim of this pilot is to test 12-weeks of ISTT to alleviate suicide risk among individuals with a history of childhood trauma and current suicidality.

Detailed description

In the last 10 years, despite available treatments, suicide rates have not significantly decreased, and individuals who have experienced any type of childhood maltreatment are at increased odds for suicide attempt. Effective suicide prevention requires learning skills to cope with suicidality in addition to addressing the antecedent factors that contribute to suicide risk. In the context of those with childhood trauma and suicidality, addressing antecedent factors may require treatments that target symptoms associated with developmental trauma. Thus, the investigators have developed an integrated suicide intervention, Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy (ISTT). ISTT combines Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)-a promising method to enhance coping skills and reduce suicidality-with a trauma therapy component to alleviate the specific impacts of childhood trauma on suicide risk. The aim of this pilot is to test 12-weeks of BSTT to alleviate suicide risk among individuals with a history of childhood trauma and current suicidality.

Conditions

• Suicide
• Trauma
• Major Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy	12-week trauma therapy for suicide risk

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-12-08
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2027-04-01
• First posted: 2022-11-14
• Last updated: 2026-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada