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Targeting Emotion Dysregulation to Reduce Suicide in People With Psychosis

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a treatment to help people manage emotions and reduce suicide risk. It is for adults with psychotic disorders, which can make it hard to tell what is real, who have a higher risk of suicide.

People with psychotic disorders are excluded from most suicide-focused clinical trials despite incredibly high rates of completed suicide, and interventions that have been tested for this population have shown limited impact on suicide. Emotion dysregulation is a significant suicidogenic factor that is understudied in people with psychotic disorders. The investigators propose to implement and evaluate an intervention targeting emotion dysregulation in people with psychotic disorders while employing rigorous statistical modeling and measurement techniques including Ecological Momentary Assessment, which will support future advanced research on suicide and suicide prevention for this high-risk group.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Age 18 or older.
  • Have a psychotic disorder, confirmed by a study interview.
  • Score 8 or higher on a suicide risk survey. The study may lower this cutoff if it is hard to find people to join.
  • Be taking part in outpatient mental health care, with at least one service in the past month.
  • Read at a 6th-grade level or higher, based on a reading test.

Who can't join

  • Have a medical record showing an intellectual disability, which affects learning and daily living skills.
  • Have a medical record showing a brain injury caused by physical trauma.
  • Have a medical record showing deafness.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years old * Psychosis spectrum disorder as assessed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for Psychotic Disorder Studies * Heightened suicide risk as determined by a score of 8+ on the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). This cutoff may be revised downwards (toward lower suicide risk) if recruitment appears difficult, but will not be revised upwards. * Enrollment and engagement in outpatient mental health services with at least one mental health service in the previous month * 6+ grade equivalent reading level as assessed by the Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT-4) Exclusion Criteria: * Chart diagnosis of intellectual disability (DSM5 317, 318), traumatic brain injury, or deafness.

Study sites (1)

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