Youth-Nominated Support Team Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents

Suicide, Attempted Clinical Trial

Official title:

Youth Support Team Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00071617
• Other study ID #: R01MH063881
• Secondary ID: R01MH063881DSIR
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: October 29, 2003
• Last updated: November 8, 2013
• Start date: November 2002
• Est. completion date: December 2008

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will attempt to improve treatment adherence and reduce suicide risk among adolescents who are at risk for attempting suicide.

Description:

Despite substantial knowledge about adolescent suicide risk factors, few studies have been conducted to identify effective interventions for suicidal adolescents.

Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) is an intervention designed to help suicidal adolescents after hospitalization. It is a psychoeducational social network intervention that targets poor treatment adherence and difficulties with social support. YST is designed to be a supplement to traditional or usual treatments.

Participants are randomly assigned to receive either treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU plus YST for 3 months. Adolescents who receive TAU plus YST nominate three or four adults from their family, school, and community settings to function as support persons. The support persons participate in a psychoeducation session that focuses on the adolescent's psychiatric disorder(s), individualized treatment plan, importance of treatment adherence, and suicide risk factors. They also maintain regular contact with the adolescent to support treatment adherence and progress toward treatment goals. Adolescents have assessments at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Internalizing behavior problems, perceived social support, treatment adherence, adaptive functioning, severity of depression and anxiety, severity and frequency of suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts are assessed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 448
• Est. completion date: December 2008
• Est. primary completion date: December 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 13 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalization in a participating psychiatric facility

• Suicidal ideation, intent, or attempt

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe physical or cognitive impairment that makes informed consent, nominations, or participation in assessments impossible

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Suicide, Attempted

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Youth-Nominated Support Team

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital, University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	functional impairment - Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale		3 months	No
Primary	suicidal ideation - Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-JR	Type, frequency, and severity of suicidal thoughts	3 month	Yes
Secondary	Depression - Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised		3 months	No

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