Ultra - Brief Crisis IPT-A Based Intervention for Suicidal Children and Adolescents (IPT-A-SCI)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Suicide, Attempted
• Interventions: Other: IPT A Suicide Crisis Intervention; Other: Treatment As Usual

• Registration Number: NCT04404322
• Lead Sponsor: Rabin Medical Center

Brief Summary

To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk the investigators developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). The current adaptation of IPT-A is comprised of five weekly sessions, followed by monthly follow-up caring email contacts to the patients and their parents, over a period of three months.

Detailed Description

In recent years, suicidal behaviors have shown substantial increase worldwide. This trend is also prominent in Israel and has led to a dramatic increase in mental health treatment demand resulting in long wait times and low treatment acceptance rate. To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk, the investigators developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). IPT is an evidence-based intervention for various psychopathologies among different age groups. The current adaptation of IPT-A is comprised of five weekly sessions, followed by monthly follow-up caring email contacts to the patients and their parents, over a period of three months.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-17
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-05-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-27
• Primary Completion: 2022-04-17
• Study Completion: 2024-04-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• depression symptoms
• suicidal behavior

Exclusion Criteria

• acute medical condition
• intellectual disability
• cognitive impairment
• linguistic limitation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IPT A SCI	IPT A Suicide Crisis Intervention	The IPT-A SCI follows the intervention protocol, which includes an intensive phase of 5 weekly 50-minute sessions and 3 follow up personal emails.
Treatment as usual	Treatment As Usual	TAU patients receive an integrative combination of psychodynamic, supportive and cognitive behavioural therapy, usually lasting between 10-30 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in Depression	Change from Baseline to 5 weeks assessment and 4 months assessment	Mood and Feeling Questionnaire (MFQ) (Angold et al., 1995)
Suicide Ideation	Change from Baseline to 5 weeks assessment and 4 months assessment	suicidal ideation \[Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) (Reynolds, 1987)\]

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Departemnt of Psychological Medicine; 🇮🇱 Petach Tikva, Israel