Status:
COMPLETED
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Collaborating Sponsors:
Columbia University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Conditions:
Suicide
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test a psychotherapeutic intervention that integrates cognitive therapy and mindfulness meditation techniques to prevent suicide in military Veterans.
Detailed Description
Every month the VA becomes aware of approximately 1,100 Veterans in VA care who attempt suicide. While the VA has implemented a comprehensive, multifaceted suicide prevention approach, it has yet to i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The following criteria were formulated to recruit a sample at high risk for suicide behavior.
- The subject has experienced a suicidal event during the past 30 days. A suicidal event involves
- 1\) psychiatric hospitalization due to suicidal risk,
- 2\) psychiatric hospitalization if subject was already on the High Risk for Suicide List,
- 3\) suicidal ideation with suicidal intent,
- 4\) suicidal preparatory behaviors, or
- 5\) actual, interrupted, or aborted suicide attempt.
- AND
- The subject is on or will be placed on the VA High Risk for Suicide List
- OR The subject had an actual, interrupted, or aborted attempt in the last year
- OR In the study clinician's opinion (i.e., Masters or Doctoral level study personnel with formal mental health training) in consultation with the PI, the suicidal event is significant enough to warrant treatment to reduce suicidal risk.
Exclusion
- cognitive deficits that decrease the likelihood of benefit from MBCT-S
- severe symptoms of hallucinations or delusions
- disorganized or disruptive behaviors
- medically unstable
- current mindfulness-based psychotherapy or receipt of 2 or more sessions of a mindfulness-based psychotherapy in the last 12 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 3 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
135 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01872338
Start Date
December 1 2013
End Date
April 3 2019
Last Update
May 5 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ
East Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07018
2
Lyons Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System, Lyons, NJ
Lyons, New Jersey, United States, 07939