Developing Text-based Support for Parents of Adolescents After an Emergency Department Visit
Suicide
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Suicide focused on measuring Emergency Department
Eligibility Criteria
Parent eligibility:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parent of eligible teen
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not owning a cell phone with text messaging capability.
Teen eligibility:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Recent suicidal ideation (within last 2 weeks) and/or suicide attempt within the last month.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Youth with severe cognitive impairment or altered mental status (e.g., psychosis, manic state)
- Youth with severe aggression/agitation
- No availability of a legal guardian
Sites / Locations
- The University of Michigan
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
No Intervention
Experimental
Experimental
Control (standard care)
A-F texting component
A-F texting plus P-F texting component
The A-F texting component will include content consistent with best-practice recommendations for parents to buffer youth against suicide risk.
A-F texting plus P-F texting component arm includes the A-F component, as above, and P-F component. The P-F component includes an embedded micro-randomized trial (MRT) involving two daily randomizations to P-F message vs. no message conditions for the duration of the 6-week intervention. Participants who are randomized to this arm will be randomized twice each day (morning and evening) to either receive or not receive the P-F message at each randomization.