Reducing Suicide Risk Among Aging Caregivers of Persons With AD/ADRD
Suicide, Depression, Caregiver Burden
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Suicide focused on measuring Suicide Ideation, Older Adults, Family Caregivers, Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias, Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: being age 50 and over (as most informal caregivers of persons with AD/ADRD are 50 or older; AARP, 2020; Chi et al., 2019) being the primary informal caregiver living with an AD/ADRD-diagnosed patient being willing to be prodded for bloodspots demonstrating English-fluency endorsing a direct or indirect SI/suicide risk Eligible individuals will score above clinical cutoffs for SI/suicide risk on at least 1 of 3 measures: the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-R (SBQ-R; score > 6; Osman et al., 2002), Interpersonal Needs Question-naire (INQ; thwarted belonging score > 35; and perceived burden > 17; Mitchell et al., 2020) or the Geriatric De-pression Scale (GDS; score > 5 Heisel et al., 2005). Exclusion Criteria: • Participants with neurocognitive impairment will be excluded (a Mini-Mental State Exam score ≤ 23; Folstein et al., 1975; Kochhann et al., 2010)
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy to focus on reducing suicide ideation for family caregivers of persons with AD/ADRD