Parent Intervention for Psychiatrically-Hospitalized Youth
Pilot Intervention for Parents of Psychiatrically-Hospitalized Youth
Who can join
Ages 12 to 85 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria are: * youth is currently hospitalized on the Stanford unit at Mills Peninsula Medical Center, on the Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, for suicidal ideation and/or a suicide attempt. * youth is between the ages of 12-18 (18 year-old youth must still be in high school and living at home with parents for the duration of the study) * at least one parent/guardian is willing to participate in the study intervention * youth and parent speak English well enough to complete study treatment and assessments in English Exclusion criteria are: • the youth or parent has a psychiatric or medical condition that would interfere with their ability to participate in study assessments and/or treatment (such as acute psychosis, neurological impairment, malnutrition due to anorexia)
About the study
The purpose of the present study is to conduct a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a parent coaching intervention for parents of youth hospitalized for suicidal ideation, suicide attempt(s), or non-suicidal self-injury. Parents will receive either the parent coaching intervention (which includes safety planning and behavioral parenting skills training with a clinician and assistance with linkage to follow-up care by a case manager) or treatment as usual (TAU) for the inpatient unit. The long-term goal of the research is to determine if augmenting standard inpatient treatment with additional parenting intervention improves youth treatment response on suicide-related outcomes (i.e., suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide attempts). The goal of this pilot RCT is to collect preliminary data needed for a larger RCT, including feasibility, acceptability, safety, tolerability, engagement of the presumed mechanism of change (changes in parent emotions and behaviors), and signal detection of any changes in youth suicide-related outcomes.
What is being tested
- DBT-Based Parenting Intervention (behavioral)
- Treatment as usual (behavioral)
Sponsor: Stanford University · Participants: 40 · Started: May 1, 2023
Contact the study team
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04797455
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Michele Berk, Stanford |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.