Family Intervention for Suicidal Youth: Emergency Care (FISP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Suicide, Attempted

Treatments: Behavioral: FISP + Usual Care; Behavioral: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00558805

921708

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project evaluates a brief intervention in the emergency department (ED) for adolescents presenting with suicide attempts. The intervention aims to capitalize on the opportunity offered by the ED visit to deliver an effective intervention, improve adherence to follow-up care, decrease the risk of repeat suicide attempts, and improve clinical and functioning outcomes.

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 10-18 years
• Suicidal patient presenting to Emergency Department

Exclusion criteria

• Acute psychosis/symptoms that impede consent/assessment
• No parent/guardian to consent (youth <18)
• Youth not English-speaking
• Parents/guardians not English or Spanish-speaking.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual Care + Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention (FISP)

Treatment:

Behavioral: FISP + Usual Care

2

Other group

Description:

Usual Care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care