Suicide and Self-harm

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Combined Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Adolescents at High Risk for Suicide

The proposed research addresses the urgent need to reduce suicide rates among teens. This will be the first study that the investigators know of that will examine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of augmenting a suicide-focused treatment (Dialectical Behavior Therapy, \[DBT\]) with an evidence-based treatment protocol for insomnia (a digital version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia \[CBT-I\]). The goal of this clinical trial is to learn providing insomnia treatment in conjunction with suicide-focused treatment leads to greater reductions in suicidality and self-harm than suicide-focused treatment alone. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive 6 months of DBT plus CBT-I or to DBT alone and will complete research assessments measuring suicidal ideation, self-harm behavior and insomnia symptoms every four weeks over the course of the study, as well as one post-treatment follow-up assessment. Participants will also wear a device on their wrist (like a Fitbit or wristwatch) for 10 days following each assessment to collect data about their sleep.

Participants needed: 44
Trial details
Age: 12-18Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Stanford UniversityUpdated: Apr 29, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

12-18 years of age and not yet graduated from high school. [+6]

Significant current mania or psychosis; life threatening anorexia, or other diag... [+5]

Status: Recruiting

Parent Intervention for Psychiatrically-Hospitalized Youth

The purpose of the present study is to conduct a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a parent coaching intervention for parents of youth hospitalized for suicidal ideation, suicide attempt(s), or non-suicidal self-injury. Parents will receive either the parent coaching intervention (which includes safety planning and behavioral parenting skills training with a clinician and assistance with linkage to follow-up care by a case manager) or treatment as usual (TAU) for the inpatient unit. The long-term goal of the research is to determine if augmenting standard inpatient treatment with additional parenting intervention improves youth treatment response on suicide-related outcomes (i.e., suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide attempts). The goal of this pilot RCT is to collect preliminary data needed for a larger RCT, including feasibility, acceptability, safety, tolerability, engagement of the presumed mechanism of change (changes in parent emotions and behaviors), and signal detection of any changes in youth suicide-related outcomes.

Participants needed: 40
Trial details
Age: 12-85Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Stanford UniversityUpdated: Apr 29, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

youth is currently hospitalized on the Stanford unit at Mills Peninsula Medical... [+3]

Status: Recruiting

Brief Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)

The goal of this project is to assess the efficacy of Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL) in a randomized control trial. The investigators will be testing 150 participants Canada-wide, half of which will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL (B-TAU) and the other half will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL after a 3 month waitlist (WL-TAU). The main questions this study seeks to answer are: * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU for reducing suicidal thoughts at 3 months? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for reducing depression severity, anxiety, and anhedonia? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for improving social connectedness, emotional regulation, functioning (work, life, social), executive control and social problem-solving? * Are adverse events equivalent between B-TAU and WL-TAU at 3 months?

Participants needed: 150
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Unity Health TorontoUpdated: Jan 22, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Suicidal ideation in the past week [+7]

Inability to undergo psychotherapy in English [+5]

Status: Recruiting

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Self-harm and Suicidal Behavior- an Open Trial

The goal of this pre-post-follow-up study is to examine how well the treatment Dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) with a duration of 20 weeks for adolescents with self-harm and suicidal behavior works in routine clinical practice. The main questions it aims to answer are: * to investigate how well DBT-A works after treatment and at 3-month follow-up, measured by episodes of self-harm, suicide attempts, depressive symptoms and quality of life, drop-out from treatment and number of possible participants who decline DBT-A. * to investigate how well DBT-A works at 12 months follow-up * to investigate whether pre-treatment factors can predict who will benefit from treatment

Participants needed: 140
Trial details
Age: 13-18Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Haukeland University HospitalUpdated: Jan 22, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Age 13-18 years [+3]

Intellectual disability [+5]

Status: Recruiting

Advancing Suicide Intervention Strategies for Teens During High Risk Periods

To inform the effective management of adolescent suicide risk by evaluating promising treatments and developing the evidence-base for interventions that are well suited for widespread adoption, sustained quality, and impact.

Participants needed: 306
Trial details
Age: 11-17Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Seattle Children's HospitalUpdated: Nov 14, 2025Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

Provision of signed and dated informed consent form [+3]

Presence of psychosis, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, eating... [+1]

Status: Recruiting

Intensive Crisis Intervention

The study's purpose is to improve the clinical management of severe crises experienced by youth with psychiatric disorders by examining a brief, evidence-based alternative to inpatient psychiatric care.

Participants needed: 213
Trial details
Age: 12-17Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Jennifer HughesUpdated: Aug 7, 2025Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Youth between the ages of 12 years 0 months and 17 years 6 months at time of con... [+6]

Participants who are unable to understand study procedures (e.g., intellectual d... [+1]

Status: Recruiting

Telehealth Behavioral Activation for Teens

Behavioral activation is one such empirically supported intervention. Derived from cognitive-behavioral therapy, a well-established treatment for depression, behavioral activation uses psychoeducation and skill-building to increase an individual's engagement in valued and enjoyable activities (e.g., socializing with family and friends, exercising, participating in a hobby) in order to improve depressive symptoms. Research has shown that behavioral activation is an effective intervention for depressed youth. Additionally, it has been shown as a promising intervention that can be conducted in a brief, virtual format and can be effectively implemented by both trained clinicians and trained, non-licensed interventionists. This project will provide Behavioral Activation for youth (12-17) experiencing depression or suicidal ideation who are currently enrolled in the Youth Depression Suicide Network study in Texas.

Participants needed: 250
Trial details
Age: 12-18Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Baylor College of MedicineUpdated: Jul 20, 2025Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Participants must be enrolled in the Texas Youth Depression Suicide Research Net... [+9]

Have an acute medical or psychological condition(s) that that would, in the judg... [+3]

Status: Recruiting

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Novel Personalized Mobile Intervention for Suicide - Open Trial (2)

The primary aim of this grant is to conduct pilot testing on a novel personalized mobile intervention for suicide - Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS) - and to establish feasibility, acceptability, safety, and primary outcomes (i.e., suicidal ideation and behavior; re-hospitalization).

Participants needed: 10
Trial details
Age: 18-26Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Butler HospitalUpdated: Jul 17, 2025Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Suicidal ideation and/or suicidal behavior in the past month verified by the C-S... [+4]

Current psychotic or manic symptoms severe enough to interfere with study proced...

Status: Recruiting

aiTBS for NSSI and Suicide in Adolescent Depression

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been successfully used to help patients with treatment resistant depression. However, its role in alleviating self injuries with and without suicidal ideation remained uncertain. This trial will compare the effectiveness of active accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (aiTBS) rTMS to a placebo control on non-suicidal self injury (NSSI) and suicidal attempts in patients with major depressive disorder.

Participants needed: 60
Trial details
Age: 12-18Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Central South UniversityUpdated: Aug 16, 2024Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

Meet the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Editio... [+4]

Substance abusers such as psychoactive drugs or alcohol. [+9]