Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention in a Crisis Stabilization Setting (Patient Informants and RCT)
Butler Hospital
Summary
The overarching goal of this project is to expand access to evidence-based suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and intervention among patients at elevated suicide risk by implementing Jaspr in a real-world psychiatric setting.
Description
The overarching goal of this project is to expand access to evidence-based suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and intervention among patients at elevated suicide risk by implementing Jaspr in a real-world psychiatric setting: The Providence Center's Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), which provides short-term crisis care for adult patients in need of psychiatric or substance use disorder support as an alternative to, or step-down transition from, hospitalization. The investigators will conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (N = 80) of Jaspr compared to CSU treatment as usual (TAU).…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 and older * Able to read, write, and understand English well enough to complete study procedures * Presence of past-month active suicidal ideation (i.e., Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale \[C-SSRS\] screener \>1) and/or past three-month suicidal behavior, verified by the C-SSRS screener * Owns a smartphone compatible with downloading the Jaspr-at-Home app Exclusion Criteria: * Medically or cognitively unable to participate in study procedures (e.g., current psychotic symptoms), * Psychosocial factors influencing ability to complete study procedures (e.g.,…
Interventions
- BehavioralJaspr
Jaspr is a digital platform developed to "increase the delivery of suicide prevention evidence-based practices without adding to personnel needs in an effort to reduce suicidal behavior with an ultimate goal of saving lives." Jaspr includes the following evidence-based components: Comprehensive suicide assessment, crisis stability plans, and lethal means counseling, comfort and skills, and shared stories.
Locations (2)
- Butler HospitalProvidence, Rhode Island
- Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island