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Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning to Reduce Adolescents' Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors During and After Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Who can join
Ages 12 to 19 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Be a patient on McLean-Franciscan Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program (MF-CAIP) of Franciscan Children's (FC) * Be 12-19 years-old * Own a smartphone * Have a parent/guardian that can provide permission * Child can assent * Presentation to the hospital with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt. Exclusion Criteria: * Any factor that impairs an individual's ability to comprehend and effectively participate in the study, including * an inability to speak or write English fluently * the presence of gross cognitive impairment due to florid psychosis, intellectual disability, dementia, acute intoxication, etc., or the presence of extremely agitated or violent behavior * a potential discharge location anticipated to be a residential program in which the average length of stay is more than 14 days
About the study
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among adolescents, with the highest risk period for suicide being the month following psychiatric inpatient hospitalization. The investigators propose testing a brief, scalable intervention using evaluative conditioning aimed at reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents during and after inpatient hospitalization. Scalable interventions, such as the one proposed that reduce suicide risk during this markedly high-risk period, could result in large-scale decreases in suicide death.
What is being tested
- Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning (behavioral)
- Neutral comparison condition (behavioral)
Sponsor: Franciscan Hospital For Children, INC. · Participants: 155 · Started: Mar 31, 2023
Contact the study team
- Kelly Zuromski, PhD · Phone: 617-475-0595
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05796531
Locations in the U.S.
| Massachusetts | Franciscan Hospital For Children, Inc., Brighton |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.