Crisis Response Planning for Military Personnel with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

This study is looking at how Crisis Response Planning (CRP) can help military service members who have had a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and are at risk for suicide. CRP is a single 30-60 minute session that helps you understand your emotional crisis experiences. Researchers will compare CRP to usual care. To join, you must be an active duty military member, 18 or older, have had at least one mTBI, speak English, and own an Apple iPhone or Android smartphone. The study will measure changes in hopelessness, impulsivity, and suicidal thoughts over three months to see if CRP is effective. The study aims to enroll 120 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing Crisis Response Planning to usual treatment, with 120 planned participants.
What's involved
You would participate in a single 30-60 minute session, either in-person or through telehealth.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your progress will be followed for up to 3 months after the start of the study.

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NCT07327567

Crisis Response Planning in Military Personnel With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
~120 participants
Updated 2026-01-08 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Crisis Response Planning

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Beck Hopelessness Scale-5 (BHS-5)
Measured over Baseline to 3 months
+12 more outcomes measured
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Risk | Patient
Suicide Risk
Suicide Risk Factor
1 sites across 1 states
Texas1
  • Hannah Tyler, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adult male and female active duty military service members aged 18 or older.
Diagnosis of at least one mTBI
Ability to read, write, and speak English
Owns and regularly uses an Apple iPhone or Android smartphone

Exclusion

Active psychosis as determined by clinical assessment.
Moderate or greater cognitive impairment as indicated by evaluation by the Intrepid Spirit Center clinical team.
Completed a Crisis Response Plan within the past year.
  • Beck Hopelessness Scale-5 (BHS-5)Baseline to 3 months

    BHS is a self-report measure that assess hopelessness using a dichotomist scoring system (0 or 1).This study will use a 5-item version of the BHS developed by the Military Suicide Research Consortium. The score ranges between 0 and 5 with a higher scores indicated higher levels of hopelessness. A change in score will be reported.

  • Behavioral Inhibition/Activation System Scale (BIS/BAS Scale)Baseline to 3 months

    BIS-BAS scale is a 24-item self-reporting scale for the assessment of BIS and BAS sensitivities. All items are measured on a four-point Likert scale with one indicating strong agreement and four as strong disagreements. BIS sensitivity is measured as a single factor with seven items, and the BAS sensitivity is measured as three subfactors, namely drive, reward responsiveness, and fun seeking, each measured by 4, 5, and 4 items, respectively. The scale also contains four filler items which are not scored. All the items other than two and 22 are reverse scored. A change in score will be reported.

  • Depressive Symptoms Index-Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS)Baseline to 3 months

    The DSI-SS will be used to assess current suicidal ideation. The DSI-SS is a 4-item self-report measure of suicidal ideation that focuses on ideation, plans, perceived control over ideation, and impulses for suicide. Scores on each item range from 0 to 3, with higher scores reflecting greater severity of suicidal ideation. Total scores range from 0-12. A change in score will be reported.

  • Entrapment Scale (ES)Baseline to 3 months

    The ES is a 16-item measure utilizes a 5-point Likert scale (0 = not at all like me; 4 = extremely like me) to evaluates both internal and external entrapment. Possible range of scores is from 0-64 with a higher score indicating greater feeling of entrapment. A change in score will be reported.

  • Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire-5 (INQ-5)Baseline to 3 months

    The INQ is a self-report measure that assesses perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. This study will use a 5-item version of the INQ developed by the Military Suicide Research Consortium that showed an excellent internal consistency. Items are scored using a rating scale of 1-7 where 1=Not at all true for me to 7=Very true form me. Possible scores range from 5-35, with a higher score indicating better interpersonal relationships. A change in score will be reported.

  • Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ)Baseline to 3 months

    The MCQ is a 27-item, selfadministered questionnaire. For each item, the participant chooses between a smaller, immediate monetary reward and a larger, delayed monetary reward (e.g., "Would you prefer $54 today or $80 in 30 days?"). The protocol is scored by calculating where the respondent's answers place them amid reference discounting curves, with steeper curves indicating higher levels of impulsivity. A change in score will be reported.

  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)Baseline to 3 months

    The PHQ-9 is a 9-item self-report measure of the severity of depressive symptoms. Scores on the PHQ-9 have demonstrated high internal consistency and convergent validity. Items are scored from 0=Not at all to 3=Nearly every day. Total scores range from 0-27 with a higher score indicating less feeling of well-being. A change in score will be reported.

  • Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Revised (SITBI-R_Bryan)Baseline to 3 months

    The SITBI-R is a structured interview assessing the presence, frequency, and characteristics of self-injurious and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The SITBI-R has high interrater reliability, strong test-retest reliability (Fox et al., 2020; Gratch et al., 2021). The SITBI-R was developed from the SITBI which also demonstrated strong psychometric properties (Nock et al., 2007). We will use the SITBI-R to measure the incidence of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury.

  • Suicide Cognitions Scale-Revised (SCS-R)Baseline to 3 months

    The SCS-R is a 16-item, self-report with each item scored between 0=Strongly disagree to 4=Strongly Agree. Total range of score is between 0-64 with a higher score indicating a higher level of suicidal cognition. measure that assesses suicide-specific thoughts and belief. The scale has demonstrated good internal consistency, convergent validity, and divergent validity (Bryan et al., 2014). The SCS-R evaluates how much an individual agrees with the suicide-related cognition. A change in score will be reported.

  • Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS)Baseline to 3 months

    The TEPS is a 18-item self-report measure designed to assess participants' experience of positive affect using a Likert Scale from 1 (Very false for me) to 6 (Very true for me). The TEPS has strong reliability, high test-retest reliability, as well as good convergency and discriminant validity. Total possible range of score is 18-72, with a higher score indicating greater level of temporal experience of pleasure.A change in score will be reported.

  • Suicide - Visual Analog Scale (S-VAS).Baseline to 3 months

    A visual analog scales with scores range from 0-100 with higher scores reflecting the higher intensity of the item being assessed (urge to die by suicide) at the moment of assessment. A change in score will be reported.

  • Perceived Burdensomeness - Visual Analog Scale, PB-VASBaseline to 3 months

    A visual analog scale with scores ranging from 0-100 with higher scores reflecting the higher intensity of the item being assessed (perceived burdensomeness) at the moment of assessment. A change in score will be reported.

  • Hopelessness - Visual Analog Scale (H-VAS)Baseline to 3 months

    A visual analog scale with scores ranging from 0-100 with higher scores reflecting the higher intensity of the item being assessed (hopelessness) at the moment of assessment. A change in score will be reported.