RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06465381

Safety Planning and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention in Mozambique

Safety Planning and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention in Mozambique: A Hybrid Effectiveness/Implementation Cluster Randomized Trial

Sponsor

University of Washington

Enrollment

2,100 participants

Start Date

Sep 1, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Suicide Prevention

Summary

This implementation research project aims to test the effectiveness and implementation outcomes of suicide safety planning along and a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral intervention for suicide prevention on decreasing suicidal behaviors in secondary school students in Mozambique. This study will also result in hypothesized mechanisms of intervention effects, costs and cost-effectiveness.

Eligibility

Plain Language Summary

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This trial is studying safety planning and a type of talk therapy (cognitive behavioral therapy) to prevent suicide in teenagers attending secondary school in Mozambique. You may be eligible if... - You are a student in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade in Sofala Province, Mozambique, at a school near a health facility - You have active thoughts of suicide (identified through a standard screening tool) - You or your parent/guardian has given consent to participate You may NOT be eligible if... - You and your guardian have not given consent - You are not enrolled at a participating school - You decline to participate - You are a ward of the State or another institution Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALSafety Planning Intervention

All behavioral interventions will be provided by a trained nonspecialist healthcare worker, descriptions of each intervention can be found under treatment arm/group descriptions.

BEHAVIORALEnhanced Usual Care

All behavioral interventions will be provided by a trained nonspecialist healthcare worker, descriptions of each intervention can be found under treatment arm/group descriptions.

BEHAVIORALTransdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention

All behavioral interventions will be provided by a trained nonspecialist healthcare worker, descriptions of each intervention can be found under treatment arm/group descriptions.