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Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

This study is testing a behavioral intervention called Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning to help reduce self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) in adolescents. SITB includes non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts. The intervention involves associating pictures and words related to SITB with neutral images. Researchers want to see if this can help adolescents during and after their psychiatric hospitalization. You might be able to join if you are 12-19 years old, are a patient at McLean-Franciscan Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program, own a smartphone, and have a parent or guardian who can give permission. The main goal is to see if this intervention reduces SITB during hospitalization and for two months afterward. The study's current status is unclear, and it plans to enroll 155 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 155 participants aged 12-19 years. It includes a pilot phase and a randomized controlled trial phase.
What's involved
During inpatient hospitalization, you would receive the intervention and assessments via an iPad. After discharge, the intervention and assessments would continue for one month via smartphone apps, followed by one month of assessments without the intervention.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants are followed for two months after hospitalization, with assessments continuing for one month after the intervention stops.

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NCT05796531

Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning to Reduce Adolescents' Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors During and After Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization

Recruiting
NAAges 12–19InterventionalTreatment
Franciscan Hospital For Children, INC.
~155 participants
Updated 2024-07-12 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Therapeutic Evaluative ConditioningNeutral comparison condition

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
Measured over During inpatient hospitalization (average 14 days), plus an additional two months post- hospitalization.

Conditions

Self-Injurious Behavior
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide Attempts

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Massachusetts1

Who to contact

Kelly Zuromski, PhD
[email protected]
617-475-0595
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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

What this trial measures

  • Self-injurious thoughts and behaviorsDuring inpatient hospitalization (average 14 days), plus an additional two months post- hospitalization.

    The investigators will assess the presence and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, suicide attempts and other suicidal behaviors, such as aborted suicide attempts. The investigators will also assess the severity of suicidal thoughts as well.