RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06558409

Safer Still (Exploratory Project 3)

Safer Still (EP3)- An Interactive Intervention Adjunct to Traditional Care for Adolescents Who Are Discharged From Psychiatric Hospitals and Living in Households Where Firearms Are Stored Unsafely.

Sponsor

Jeff Bridge

Enrollment

80 participants

Start Date

Nov 7, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Suicide Prevention

Summary

The long-term goal is to decrease suicide and suicidal behaviors in at-risk youth through preventative interventions. Investigators propose to develop an interactive intervention ("Safer Still") to help promote safe storage of firearms during the critical period immediately following high-risk care transitions. The objective of this study is to develop and test the Safer Still intervention as an efficient adjunct to traditional care for adolescents aged 12-17 years who are discharged from psychiatric hospitals and living in households where firearms are stored unsafely.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 90 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

Parent or legal guardian of an adolescent aged 12 to 17 years at time of consent
Have a child who is receiving psychiatric inpatient, crisis, or emergency treatment at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Indicate that at least one firearm is located in or around the residence of the adolescent and is stored unlocked, loaded, or both unlocked and loaded.
Only one parent per household is permitted to participate to avoid contamination across the two study conditions.

Exclusion Criteria2

Inability to speak/read English
Lack access to a digital device (smartphone, iPad, tablet computer, desktop, laptop PC).

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Interventions

BEHAVIORAL" Safer Still " Interactive Intervention

An interactive intervention will be developed to help promote safe storage of firearms during the critical period immediately following high-risk care transitions.

OTHEREnhanced Usual Care (EUC):

Families randomly assigned to the control condition will receive a psychological placebo that will feature an education only website developed by NCH's web design team. This website will cover warning signs for suicide, the leading methods of suicide - so that both conditions have content that features information about firearms - and locating professional help. The control website will NOT feature these three behavioral economic strategies--namely (a) multiple suggested alternatives for means restriction, (b) requests to justify inaction regarding means restriction, and (c) normative feedback about means restriction.