Ultra - Brief Crisis IPT-A Based Intervention for Suicidal Children and Adolescents (IPT-A-SCI)

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Suicide, Attempted

Treatments: Other: Treatment As Usual; Other: IPT A Suicide Crisis Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04404322

17-0634 RMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk the investigators developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). The current adaptation of IPT-A is comprised of five weekly sessions, followed by monthly follow-up caring email contacts to the patients and their parents, over a period of three months.

Full description

In recent years, suicidal behaviors have shown substantial increase worldwide. This trend is also prominent in Israel and has led to a dramatic increase in mental health treatment demand resulting in long wait times and low treatment acceptance rate. To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk, the investigators developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). IPT is an evidence-based intervention for various psychopathologies among different age groups. The current adaptation of IPT-A is comprised of five weekly sessions, followed by monthly follow-up caring email contacts to the patients and their parents, over a period of three months.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• depression symptoms
• suicidal behavior

Exclusion criteria

• acute medical condition
• intellectual disability
• cognitive impairment
• linguistic limitation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

IPT A SCI

Experimental group

Description:

The IPT-A SCI follows the intervention protocol, which includes an intensive phase of 5 weekly 50-minute sessions and 3 follow up personal emails.

Treatment:

Other: IPT A Suicide Crisis Intervention

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

TAU patients receive an integrative combination of psychodynamic, supportive and cognitive behavioural therapy, usually lasting between 10-30 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment As Usual

wait list

No Intervention group

Description:

WL patients are monitored by a trained clinician during their waiting period and complete the study questionnaire battery at the parallel time intervals.