Active clinical trials for "Suicide"

The primary goal for this study is to examine the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in relatively high suicide rate region compared to control region. The secondary goal for this study is to explore the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in the highly populated regions. In addition, we examine the effectiveness of the prevention program in the all regions combined.

This project evaluates a brief intervention in the emergency department (ED) for adolescents presenting with suicide attempts. The intervention aims to capitalize on the opportunity offered by the ED visit to deliver an effective intervention, improve adherence to follow-up care, decrease the risk of repeat suicide attempts, and improve clinical and functioning outcomes.

The investigator is conducting a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness randomized controlled trial with low-income African American suicide attempters. Guided by the Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI), this pilot randomized controlled trial aims: to determine if psychosocial group intervention (PGI) is more effective than enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU) in reducing suicidal behavior (ideation, attempts; primary outcome) and improving its correlates (depressive symptoms, hopelessness, quality of life) (secondary outcomes) in low-income African Americans with a recent attempt. to determine if PGI is more effective than ETAU at bolstering intrapersonal (I), social/situational (SS), and cultural/environmental (CE) risk and protective factors that mediate the condition-suicidal behavior and correlates link and thus serve as mechanisms of change. to determine I, SS, and CE variables that moderate the condition-suicidal behavior link and thus serve as predictors of intervention outcome. Hypothesis for Aim 1: At post-intervention and follow-up, PGI participants will evidence greater improvements in suicidal behavior and its correlates than those in ETAU. Hypothesis for Aim 2: Changes in these risk and protective factors will account for condition effects on outcomes: (1) psychological distress, aggression, impulsivity, substance abuse, low self-esteem, and suicide acceptability (I-risk); (2) perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, relationship discord, intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization (SS-risk); (3) access to a weapon and barriers to service utilization (CE-risk); (4) reasons for living, optimism, positive ethnic identity, effective coping, and spiritual well-being (I-protective); (5) overall family health and social support from family and friends (SS-protective); and (6) religious involvement and effectiveness of obtaining resources (CE-protective). Hypothesis for Aim 3: Individuals (1) having fewer Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) disorders and attachment styles characterized by positivity toward the self and others (I); (2) children and more limited trauma histories (SS); and (3) more daily hassles and less exposure to community disorder (CE) will evidence greater reductions in suicidal behavior and its correlates and greater enhancements in quality of life at post-intervention and follow-up.

An excess suicide-related morbidity is observed among young people in the Picardie region, as reflected by the > 100% occupation rate of the Amiens University Hospital Adolescent Medicine Unit

Suicidal behaviour (SB) represents a major public health problem, costing life in more that one million people every year worldwide. Even if SB is considered as a consequence of social adversity and depression, these stress factors are often necessary but not sufficient to explain the occurrence of a suicidal act. A preliminary study suggests that an increased perception of psychic pain during a major depressive disorder increases the risk of suicide behaviour. The investigators aimed to investigate the relationship between social exclusion (a classic trigger of psychic pain) and SB and improve our knowledge about the physiopathology of this domain.

Parents occupy a central place in the emergency care of suicidal adolescents and young adults. However, from 15 to 25yo, three different administrative situations exist in France: <16yo: admission to a child ED by a team trained to receive the youngest patients. 16-18yo: admission to an adult ED by team devoted to adult care, no exit without parents' authorization. >18yo: admission to an adult ED by team. Laying on qualitative observational protocol and a Delphi approach, this study will explore the perspective of adolescents and young adults following a suicidal attempt, the perspective of their parents, and the perspective of their healthcare professionals to build guidelines for parental involvement in care of suicidal youths.

The national french survey "Mental health in general population", showed that the risk of suicide was significantly increased during exposure to a potentially traumatic event (PTE), with an increasing gradient depending on the psychological impact. This included not only people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder but also those confronted with PTE, presenting or having presented phenomena of reviviscence or at least an element of psychopathological impact. This risk could concern 30.2% of the population over the entire lifetime. Internationally, recent reviews of the literature tend to show that victims of interpersonal violence are more at risk of suicide (OR 1.99 95% CI: 1.73-2.28). Nevertheless, the literature remains heterogeneous, the definitions vague and the temporal proximity of the violence little taken into account. It is therefore a large-scale phenomenon that remains little explored. To increase our knowledge in this area, the investigators will focus on patients treated by Emergency Medical Psychological Cells (CUMP), that is victims of disasters, accidents involving a large number of victims or events that may have significant psychological repercussions due to the circumstances surrounding them.

Physician-assisted dying (PAD) is currently a highly controversial topic in medical ethics and public debates worldwide. It poses a moral conflict between the ethical principle of respect for patient autonomy and the ethical principle of beneficence in the sense of preserving life. Switzerland gives higher weight to the former principle: Article 115 of the Swiss Penal Code (StGB) permits PAD, provided it is not performed for "selfish reasons", and thus, occupies a special role in international comparison. However, the Swiss federal law does not regulate who exactly is entitled to access PAD, and there is no universal agreement in the concerned professional societies. Additional uncertainty arises when not the wish for PAD of a somatically ill person but that of a mentally ill person is to be assessed. It is therefore important for Switzerland - but also internationally - to regulate PAD for the mentally ill. On the one hand, mentally ill persons must not be discriminated in their desire for PAD compared to somatically ill persons while at the same time, their vulnerability must be taken into account. On the other hand, treating physicians must be protected in their ethical integrity and need security when they have to decide on PAD-requests. With the present study, we aim at contributing to the discussion of PAD in mentally ill patients and, with the help of an online/telephone survey, provide insights of the current situation in Switzerland within the general population and in the medical profession. This study addresses the following research questions: What is the attitude of the general population towards the current Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) ethical guidelines? What is the attitude of medical professionals? To what extent does the public discussion reflect the current situation in clinical practice? Does the stigmatization of the mentally ill have an influence on the assessment of their wish to die, and if so, where do prejudices need to be reduced? The study thus aims to expand the scientific literature on this highly relevant, currently controversial topic.

Study Aims/Objectives: This projects' Primary Aim is development of a Condensed DBT Stepped Care Model tailored to the unique requirements of students meeting sub-clinical diagnostic criteria for BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) with its associated high rate of self-harm and suicide.

The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a brief educational intervention (TEACH) that includes evidence-based strategies designed to improve task-specific teamwork and its impact (vs. standard practice) on teamwork among primary care team members and on evidence-based suicide prevention care provided to Veterans in Primary Care.