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Parent Intervention for Psychiatrically-Hospitalized Youth

This study is testing a new program called DBT-Based Parenting Intervention for parents of young people (ages 12-18) who have been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, or self-harm. The program involves 4 individual telehealth (video or phone) sessions for parents, focusing on safety planning and parenting skills. Some parents will receive this intervention, while others will receive the usual care provided at the hospital. The goal is to see if adding this parent intervention helps young people improve their suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and suicide attempts. The study plans to include 40 young people and their parents. The current status of the study is unclear.

Study design
This is a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) that plans to enroll 40 pairs of youth and parents. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive the intervention plus standard inpatient treatment or standard inpatient treatment only.
What's involved
Parents in the intervention group will have 4 weekly telehealth sessions, each 60-90 minutes long, within one month of their teen's hospital discharge or linkage to care. Youth will participate in study assessments at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months after baseline assessments.

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NCT04797455

Parent Intervention for Psychiatrically-Hospitalized Youth

Recruiting
NAAges 12–85InterventionalTreatment
Stanford University
~40 participants
Updated 2026-08-03 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:DBT-Based Parenting InterventionTreatment as usual

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Posner et al., 2011) and the Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII; Linehan et al., 2006), Face Sheets
Measured over 3, 6, 12 months from baseline
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Adolescent - Emotional Problem
Suicide and Self-harm
Parenting

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Who to contact

Michele Berk
[email protected]
6507360077
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

What this trial measures

  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Posner et al., 2011) and the Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII; Linehan et al., 2006), Face Sheets3, 6, 12 months from baseline

    Structured Interviews measuring the number of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury episodes

  • Suicide Ideation Questionnaire Jr. (Reynolds, 1988) (SIQ- Jr; Reynolds, 1988)3, 6, 12 months from baseline

    Self Report Measure of suicidal ideation, total score greater than 31 = clinical concern