CALMA App as an Adjunct to Therapy for Reduction of Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behaviors in Adolescents
Self-Injurious Behavior
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Self-Injurious Behavior focused on measuring Self-Injurious Behavior, Mobile Applications, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Suicide Prevention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients from 10 to 19 years old who come on an outpatient basis or have been hospitalized in Mental Health Services
- Have a smartphone where the application can be installed and used are eligible to participate in the study
- Have attempted suicide, or exhibited a suicidal gesture or self-injurious behavior (according to the SITBI definition) in the last month before entering the study
- Agree to give their informed consent and their guardian agrees to sign your informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- If the participant plans not to continue the treatment in the next 3 months or
- Has an inability to provide assent/consent for cognitive or language reasons
- Do not have the functional capacity to use the application, which will be operationally determined by a score below 30 on the Self-Care motor domain, below 10 on the Communication cognitive domain or below 14 on the Cognitive domain of Social Knowledge in the Functional Independence Measurement scale (FIM).
Sites / Locations
- Pedro de Elizalde Children's General HospitalRecruiting
- Institute of Pharmacology of the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos AiresRecruiting
- Interzonal Acute Hospital "San Roque" de GonnetRecruiting
- Children's Hospital "Sor María Ludovica"Recruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
CALMA app
Treatment As Usual (TAU)
the arm will receive CALMA app and continue with the usual treatment in a mental health service of a public hospital during the 3 months of the study. In the first interview, the CALMA application will be downloaded to the participant's smartphone. In each follow-up interview (30-days and 60-days), the use of the app will be reinforced.
the arm will not receive the app and will continue with the usual treatment in a mental health service of a public hospital during the 3 months of the study.