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Clinical Trial Summary

Veteran suicide death is a national crisis. Risk factors include emotion dysregulation, which occurs across mental health disorders. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based suicide intervention that targets emotion dysregulation but is resource-intensive and not widely available at VHA. A more efficient evidence-based DBT Skills Group (DBT-SG) is associated with reduced suicidal ideation and emotion dysregulation and likely more feasible to implement at VHA. This is a randomized controlled trial to test whether DBT-SG in addition to VHA treatment-as-usual, compared to only VHA treatment-as-usual, reduces Veteran suicide attempt.


Clinical Trial Description

This is a randomized controlled trial at four VHA medical centers. Veterans will be randomized to VHA treatment-as-usual or VHA treatment-as-usual plus DBT-SG. ;


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NCT number NCT05000749
Study type Interventional
Source VA Office of Research and Development
Contact Suzanne Decker, PhD
Phone (203) 932-5711
Email suzanne.decker@va.gov
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 30, 2023
Completion date December 30, 2026

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