Skills to Enhance Positive Affect in Suicidal Adolescents

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Description

The prevalence of suicidal behaviors in adolescents remains unacceptably high and is a significant public health concern. The investigators propose a new treatment approach in which skills to increase positive emotions are taught to the most vulnerable at-risk adolescents, those admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit due to suicide risk. The investigators believe that teaching skills to increase positive emotions will lead to better problem-solving, increased social support, and other benefits which will serve as protective factors and decrease suicide risk.

Study Start Date

August 2013

Estimated Completion Date

September 2016

Interventions

Behavioral: Treatment as Usual
Behavioral: Positive Affect Skills Training

Specialties

Internal Medicine: Adol/Youth Medicine,Psychiatry
Psychiatry: Child/Adolescent Psych,Mood Disorders

MeSH Terms

Suicide Ideation
Suicidec

Study ID

Brown University -- R34 MH101272

Status

Unknown

Trial ID

NCT02130583

Study Type

Interventional

Trial Phase

N/A

Enrollment Quota

Sponsor

Brown University

Inclusion Criteria

current hospital admission due to concern of suicide risk
ability of patient to speak, read, and understand English sufficiently well to complete the procedures of the study
living at home

Exclusion Criteria

active psychotic disorder
cognitive deficits that preclude full understanding of study materials
adolescents who have become wards of the state and do not intend to return to the home of their biological or adoptive parents

Gender

Both

Ages

12 Years to 18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Locations and Contact Information (1)

Study Location	Distance	Name	Phone	Email
Butler Hospital - Providence, Rhode Island	39.6 miles	Shirley Yen	401-444-1915	Shirley_Yen_PhD@Brown.edu

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