Couples Intervention to Improve Mental Health

NCT ID: NCT04084756

Last Updated: 2022-05-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-30

Brief Summary

Over the last decade, suicide rates have risen within the military and have remained high. Converging evidence suggests that suicide prevention efforts may be enhanced by explicitly including family members in treatment. The study's objectives are to test the effect of the CCRP, a targeted single session couples intervention on suicide ideation among military service members and Veterans, and to understand how the use of the CCRP impacts suicide risk during the 6 months immediately postdischarge from a psychiatric inpatient unit.

Detailed Description

Over the last decade, suicide rates have risen within the military and have remained high. Converging evidence suggests that suicide prevention efforts may be enhanced by explicitly including family members in treatment, however no couple-bases suicide-specific interventions exist.

The study's objectives are to test the effect of the Couples Crisis Response Plan (CCRP), a targeted single-session couples intervention, on suicide ideation among military service members and Veterans, and to understand how the use of the CCRP impacts suicide risk during the period of time immediately post-discharge from a psychiatric inpatient unit. The CCRP will be compared to an active control condition (mental health education).

The primary aim is to compare the effect of the CCRP to an active control condition on suicide ideation in the 6 months following treatment among military service members and Veterans who have been psychiatrically hospitalized for acute suicide risk and their partners. The CCRP is specifically adapted for use with partnered service members at elevated risk for suicide. A secondary aim is to determine how use of the CCRP skills impacts suicidal ideation over time and identify the role partners play in encouraging use of the plan and managing suicide risk.

Conditions

Suicide

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Couples Crisis Response Plan

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Couples Crisis Response Plan

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The CCRP is a single session therapist-facilitated suicide prevention intervention conducted with a dyad

Mental Health Education

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mental Health Education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Mental Health Education session is a single session therapist-facilitated mental health psychoeducation session conducted with a dyad

Interventions

Couples Crisis Response Plan

The CCRP is a single session therapist-facilitated suicide prevention intervention conducted with a dyad

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Mental Health Education

The Mental Health Education session is a single session therapist-facilitated mental health psychoeducation session conducted with a dyad

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. military service member (active duty or veteran) of any branch or component that has served since 9/11/2001 or the partner of such a service member;

2. that the service member reports active suicide ideation and/or a suicide attempt within the previous 30 days;

3. that the service member is in a committed, exclusive, cohabiting relationship of at least 6 months;

4. the willingness of the service member's partner to participate in research.

Exclusion Criteria

1. a psychiatric condition, medical condition, or cognitive disability/deficit that precludes the ability of either partner to provide informed consent

2. physical aggression within the past year reported by either partner on a behaviorally-anchored screener for moderate to severe partner violence or extreme relationship distress (a score of of less than 9 on the Couples Satisfaction Index-4)

3. inability of either partner to read or speak English

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Military Suicide Research Consortium

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Wesleyan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Alexis May

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Alexis May, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wesleyan Univerity

Craig Bryan, PsyD, APBB

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Utah

Locations

Salt Lake Behavioral Health

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

W81XWH-16-2-0004

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

00113793

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id