Intensive Crisis Intervention for Suicidal Youth

This study is looking at two ways to help young people aged 12-17 who are experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviors. One is called Intensive Crisis Intervention (ICI), which is a short, family-focused program that teaches skills. The other is standard care in an Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit (APIU). The study wants to see if ICI is a good alternative to traditional hospital stays. Researchers will measure how satisfied youth and parents are with the services and how family functioning changes over time. The goal is to improve how we manage severe crises in young people with psychiatric disorders. This study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.

Study design
This study plans to enroll 213 participants aged 12 to 17 years old. It compares two different behavioral interventions.
What's involved
Participants in the Intensive Crisis Intervention (ICI) group will have 2-3 individual sessions and 1-2 family sessions daily for an average of 4.5 days. Family functioning will be measured at discharge, 30 days, and 3 months after the intervention ends.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed up at post-discharge, 30 days, and 3 months after the intervention ends.

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NCT06476886

Intensive Crisis Intervention

Recruiting
NAAges 12–17InterventionalTreatment
Jennifer Hughes
~213 participants
Updated 2025-08-07 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Intensive Crisis Intervention (ICI)Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit (APIU)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Youth's perspective on the value of services received on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Measured over Post-discharge (day of discharge or as soon as possible after intervention ends)
+2 more outcomes measured
Suicide
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide, Attempted
Suicide and Self-harm
Suicide Threat
1 sites across 1 states
Ohio1
  • Jennifer L Hughes · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Nationwide Children's Hospital

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  • Youth's perspective on the value of services received on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)Post-discharge (day of discharge or as soon as possible after intervention ends)

    The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) is an 8-item, easily scored and administered measurement that is designed to measure client satisfaction with services. The CSQ-8 uses a 4-point Likert scale. Scores are summed across items once. Items 2, 4, 5, and 8 are reverse scored. Total scores range from 8 to 32, with the higher number indicating greater satisfaction. The items for the CSQ-8 were selected on the basis of ratings by mental health professionals of items that could be related to client satisfaction and by subsequent factor analysis. The CSQ-8 is unidimensional, yielding a homogeneous estimate of general satisfaction with services. The CSQ-8 has been extensively studied, and while it is not necessarily a measure of a client's perceptions of gain from treatment or outcome, it does elicit the client's perspective on the value of services received.

  • Parent's perspective on the value of services received on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)Post-discharge (day of discharge or as soon as possible after intervention ends)

    The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) is an 8-item, easily scored and administered measurement that is designed to measure client satisfaction with services. The CSQ-8 uses a 4-point Likert scale. Scores are summed across items once. Items 2, 4, 5, and 8 are reverse scored. Total scores range from 8 to 32, with the higher number indicating greater satisfaction. The items for the CSQ-8 were selected on the basis of ratings by mental health professionals of items that could be related to client satisfaction and by subsequent factor analysis. The CSQ-8 is unidimensional, yielding a homogeneous estimate of general satisfaction with services. The CSQ-8 has been extensively studied, and while it is not necessarily a measure of a client's perceptions of gain from treatment or outcome, it does elicit the client's perspective on the value of services received.

  • Change from baseline in family functioning on the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation - 15 (SCORE-15) at post-discharge, 30 days, and 3 month follow-upsBaseline, post-discharge (day of discharge or as soon as possible after intervention ends), 30 days, 3 months

    The SCORE-15 is a self-report measure of family functioning and has been proved to be a reliable and valid index of therapeutic change. The SCORE-15 has 15 Likert scale items (5-point scale; 1=Describes us very well; 5=Describes us not at all), and six separate indicators, three of them qualitative.