Developing a Recovery-Oriented Suicide Prevention Program for Young People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

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Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Study ID
NCT07756567
Status
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Conditions

  • Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR)
  • Psychosis
  • Suicidal Behavior
  • Suicidal Ideation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 30 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Suicide Prevention Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    The program will be led by a clinician and a peer specialist with lived experience. It will help participants identify reasons for living, build hope, set meaningful recovery goals, strengthen social connections, and learn strategies to better remember and use the suicide prevention strategies developed during the program. Caregivers will also be invited to participate in a session to learn ways to support their young person and promote recovery and stability. This program will be in addition to coordinated speciality care for early psychosis.
  • Standard Care (in control arm) — BEHAVIORAL
    Coordinated speciality care for early psychosis

Study Details

Young people at clinical high risk for psychosis are more likely to experience suicide thoughts than the general population, but there are few suicide prevention programs designed specifically for them. This study will develop and evaluate a recovery-oriented suicide prevention group program for young people at clinical high risk for psychosis. The program will be led by a clinician and a peer with lived experience. It will help participants identify reasons for living, build hope, set meaningful recovery goals, strengthen social connections, and learn strategies to better remember and use the suicide prevention strategies developed during the program. Caregivers will also be invited to participate in a session to learn ways to support their young person. The study will first gather feedback from participants, caregivers, clinicians, and community advisors to refine the program. Researchers will then compare the program plus standard care with standard care alone to determine whether it improves personal recovery and increases participants' ability to remember and use suicide prevention strategies. Researchers will also collect feedback from participants and programm staff to better understand how the program can be integrated into early psychosis services.

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 10, 2026
Start date
Aug 31, 2026
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028
Completion
Dec 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
108 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Suicide Prevention Intervention
    The program will be led by a clinician and a peer with lived experience. It will help participants identify reasons for living, build hope, set meaningful recovery goals, strengthen social connections, and learn strategies to better remember and use the suicide prevention strategies developed during the program. Caregivers will also be invited to participate in a session to learn ways to support their young person and promote recovery and stability. This program will be in addition to standard coordinated speciality care for early psychosis.
  • Other: Standard care
    Standard care

Primary Outcome Measure

Recruitment Rate [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the 3-month follow-up assessment ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of California, Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia90095
Carrie Bearden, PhD
[email protected]
310-206-2983
University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoCalifornia92161
Heline Mirzakhanian, PhD
[email protected]
619-543-3199

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