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Text-based Support for Parents of Adolescents Following an Emergency Department Visit for Suicide Risk

This study is testing a text-based support program for parents of teenagers (ages 13-17) who have recently visited the emergency department (ED) due to suicidal thoughts or a suicide attempt. The program, called a "Text-based intervention," sends parents up to three messages daily for six weeks. These messages focus on helping parents use suicide prevention strategies and also offer support for parents themselves. The researchers want to see if this text program can reduce the likelihood of suicidal behavior in adolescents over 12 weeks. They will also look at how much stress parents experience during the first six weeks. You might be able to join if your teenager (13-17) has been to the ED for suicidal thoughts or an attempt, and they are medically stable. This study is currently recruiting 420 adolescents and their parents.

Study design
This is an interventional study where 420 adolescents and their parents will be randomly assigned to receive the text-based intervention or not. The study is not specified by phase.
What's involved
Parents randomized to the texting intervention will receive up to 3 messages each day for 6 weeks. The study will measure outcomes at a 12-week follow-up.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 weeks after the intervention begins.

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NCT06660199

Text-based Support for Parents of Adolescents Following an Emergency Department Visits

Recruiting
NAAges 13+InterventionalTreatment
University of Michigan
~420 participants
Updated 2025-12-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Text-based intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Aim 1 (primary aim): likelihood of suicidal behavior (actual, interrupted, or aborted attempts)
Measured over 12-week follow-up
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Suicide

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 1 states
Michigan2

Study leadership

  • Ewa Czyz, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Michigan

Who to contact

Ewa Czyz, Ph.D.
[email protected]
734-764-9466
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adolescent (13-17 years old) who present to Emergency Department (ED) due to (1) last-week suicidal ideation and/or (2) last-month suicide attempt, and their caregiver.

Exclusion

medically unstable
presenting with severe cognitive impairment, altered mental status, severe aggression/agitation
presenting without a legal guardian
whose parent does not own a cell phone

What this trial measures

  • Aim 1 (primary aim): likelihood of suicidal behavior (actual, interrupted, or aborted attempts)12-week follow-up

    Suicidal behavior encompasses actual, interrupted, and aborted suicide attempts. Measured with the behavioral subscale of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS),and supplemented with available medical chart data.

  • Aim 2 (secondary aim) severity of parental stressUp to 6 weeks

    Measured with twice daily surveys over the 6-week intervention