Family-based Crisis Intervention With Suicidal Adolescents in the ED
NCT ID: NCT02610309
Last Updated: 2015-11-20
Study Results
The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.
Basic Information
Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.
COMPLETED
NA
143 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-01-31
2014-05-31
Brief Summary
Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.
Detailed Description
Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.
In this study, suicidal adolescents (ages 13-18) and their families presenting for psychiatric evaluation to a large pediatric ED were randomized to receive FBCI or treatment as usual (TAU). Patients and caregivers completed self-report measures of suicidality, family empowerment, and satisfaction with care provided at pre-test, post-test, and 3 follow up time-points over a one-month period. Clinicians contacted the adolescent and caregiver at these timepoints to administer the questionnaires and assure safety planning was being carried out.
Conditions
See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.
Study Design
Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.
RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.
Family-Based Crisis Intervention
The Family-Based Crisis Intervention (FBCI) is a single-session intervention that takes place in the Emergency Department. Adolescents randomized to the experimental condition received a standard psychiatric evaluation followed by the experimental intervention. FBCI was administered by licensed psychiatric social workers who were trained in the intervention. The research clinician provided FBCI to the suicidal adolescent and his/her parent(s)/guardian(s) in a 60-90 minute session in which she helped the adolescent and family develop a joint crisis narrative of the problem and taught them cognitive-behavioral skill-building, therapeutic readiness, psycho-education about depression, and safety planning.
Family-Based Crisis Intervention
This intensive ED-based intervention with suicidal adolescents and their families includes cognitive behavioral skill building, psychoeducation, enhancing therapeutic readiness, safety planning, and co-creation of a joint crisis narrative.
Treatment As Usual
Treatment as usual included an emergency psychiatry evaluation (standard care).
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.
Family-Based Crisis Intervention
This intensive ED-based intervention with suicidal adolescents and their families includes cognitive behavioral skill building, psychoeducation, enhancing therapeutic readiness, safety planning, and co-creation of a joint crisis narrative.
Eligibility Criteria
Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.
Inclusion Criteria
* presence of a consenting parent or legal guardian with whom the adolescent resided.
Exclusion Criteria
* adolescent was not medically stable, including intoxication;
* adolescent demonstrated cognitive limitations prohibiting completion of research instruments;
* adolescent presented with active psychosis;
* adolescent required physical or medication restraint in the ED.
13 Years
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.
Boston Children's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.
Elizabeth Wharff
Clinical Researcher
Principal Investigators
Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.
Elizabeth A Wharff, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Boston Children's Hospital
Locations
Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Countries
Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.
Other Identifiers
Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.
P00000105
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id