Digital Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) Program

University of Michigan

Status

Completed

Conditions

Suicide

Treatments

Behavioral: eYST website

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT05900700

5R43MH128431-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HUM00221931

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Electronic Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST), is experimental. The purpose of this study is to get feedback from users about eYST. Another purpose of this study is to learn how well eYST helps youth.

Full description

Assessment data from multiple stakeholders (i.e., youth, parents, and support adults) will be collected at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks via self-report and semi-structured interviews.

Enrollment

75 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 17 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inpatient psychiatric patients who have attempted suicide or have documented Suicide ideation (SI) and a plan to harm themselves at admission.
Understand written and spoken English.
Own a smartphone or mobile phone.
Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures.
Parent or guardian and youth able to understand the nature of the study and provide written informed consent and assent for youth
Patients who are able to provide at least one verifiable contact for emergency or tracking purposes.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with active psychosis.
Patients experiencing substance withdrawal.
Currently enrolled in other treatment studies for the symptoms and behaviors targeted.
Patient unwilling or unable to wear a mask during in person study procedures, if mandated due to current COVID/health safety guidelines.
Patients who in the judgment of the investigator would have an unfavorable risk or benefit profile with respect to eYST.
Any other psychiatric or medical condition or custody arrangement that in the investigators' opinion would preclude informed consent or assent or participation in the trial.