Status:

COMPLETED

Family Therapy as Hospital Aftercare for Adolescent Suicide Attempters

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Conditions:

Suicide Ideation

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-17 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Few empirically-based treatment models exist for adolescent suicide attempters post psychiatric hospitalization, despite the fact that managed care has limited the role of hospitalization to stabiliza...

Detailed Description

Annually, more adolescents and young adults in the United States die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung disease combined (...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • in inpatient mental health treatment
  • report a suicide attempt in the past month
  • have a primary caretaker willing to participate in aftercare
  • are able to travel to CHOP
  • have no history of psychosis or low intellectual capacity
  • speak adequate English.

Exclusion

  • being discharged to a residential placement

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01195740

Start Date

July 1 2008

End Date

November 1 2011

Last Update

December 17 2012

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

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