Motivational Interviewing to Address Suicidal Ideation for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide
Motivational Interviewing to Address Suicidal Ideation: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Suicidal Veterans
VA Office of Research and Development
470 participants
Nov 30, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this project is to conduct a randomized control trial with 470 Veterans to examine the impact of a revised version of Motivational Interviewing to Address Suicidal Ideation (MI-SI-R) on risk for suicide attempts and suicidal ideation when compared to high quality usual care.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Veteran status,
- admitted to an inpatient unit, referred by a suicide prevention coordinator, or identified as high-risk via data extraction,
- age 18 and over,
- English speaking and reading, and
- ability to understand the study and provide informed consent,
- high-risk status confirmed by suicide attempt within a month on the Columbia- Suicide Severity Rating Scale or a score > 5 on the Scale for Suicidal Ideation
Exclusion Criteria5
- current psychosis,
- active mania,
- dementia,
- impaired decision making capacity, and
- institutionalization due to hospitalization in a non-VA facility, jail, or prison.
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Interventions
Motivational Interviewing to Address Suicidal Ideation (MI-SI-R) was developed to help Veterans resolve ambivalence about living by increasing the motivation to live, that is delivered in three sessions in person, virtually, or by telephone.
Enhanced usual care (EUC) includes safety plans administered or reviewed by research therapists, care coordination, and access to a 24-hour crisis hotline.
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NCT05256940