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An Adaptive Intervention to Increase Engagement to Community-Based Care After an ED Admission

An Adaptive Intervention to Increase Engagement to Community-based Care After an ED Admission: For Youth at Risk for Suicide and Self-injurious Behavior

Who can join

Ages 8 to 17 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Youth 8 to 17 years
* Youth presenting to the ED with suicide and self-injurious behavior
* Youth living at home with at least one legal guardian/caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

* Youth presenting to the ED with psychosis, sexual assault, child abuse
* Youth in police custody,
* Youth with an active investigation with the department of child and youth services (DCYF)
* Youth unable to assent due to severity of illness or developmental disabilities,
* Youth who cannot communicate in English or Spanish,
* Youth without a caregiver/legal guardian who can provide consent

About the study

The goal of this study is to develop a feasible brief, family-based adaptive intervention, via SMART design, for youth with suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior (SSIB) to increase community-based mental health (MH) care attendance and reduce SSIB risk post emergency department (ED) admission. The intervention will focus to increase understanding on youth MH literacy, MH communication, and MH engagement. Integrating an adaptive intervention via a SMART design in the ED could address subsequent barriers to youth obtaining appropriate level of community-based MH care and therefore reduce ED readmissions.

What is being tested

• adaptive intervention (behavioral)

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital · Participants: 186 · Started: Mar 17, 2025

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07092345

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Self-Harm
• Suicide

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.