A Brief Mind-Body Bridging Intervention for Suicidal Ideation

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Suicidal Ideation; Mind Body Bridging

Treatments: Behavioral: Mind Body Bridging Group Session

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency; Other

Identifiers

NCT03677882

VASaltLakeCity

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine whether a Brief Mind-Body Bridging Intervention for Suicidal Ideation (MBB-SI) will result in short or longer-term reduction of psychological factors associated with suicidal ideation (SI) and/or suicide-related behaviors (SRB's) compared to Treatment as Usual (TAU).

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects will be Veterans aged 18-80 admitted to Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP) with addictive disorders and/or co-occurring psychiatric disorder with suicide risk factors.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants assigned to Treatment As Usual (TAU) will receive the normal standard of care treatment from the Suicide Prevention Team and the Mental Health Service which may include individual therapy, group therapy, and/or medication therapy, all as decided by the individual and his/her doctor. Treatment as usual also includes monitoring by the Suicide Prevention Team.

Treatment As Usual with Mind-Body Bridging (TAU + MBB)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to TAU + MBB will will receive treatment from the Suicide Prevention Team and the Mental Health Service, AND will be asked to participate in consisting of three to eight 60-minute sessions that will occur consecutively. Each group will be led by a trained MBB facilitator. Participants will receive a workbook at the beginning of the training that contains an explanation of all the major concepts involved in Mind Body Bridging. The workbook has homework assignments to be completed daily between group sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mind Body Bridging Group Session