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WellPATH-PREVENT: A Mobile Intervention for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation or Attempt

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell University
Started2022-04-22
Est. completion2026-09-30
Eligibility
Age50 Years – 90 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites

Summary

The goal of this project is to test whether WellPATH-PREVENT (a novel, mobile psychosocial intervention) improves a specific aspect of emotion regulation, i.e., cognitive reappraisal ability, and reduces suicide risk in middle-aged and older adults (50-90 years old) who have been discharged after a suicide-related hospitalization (i.e. for suicidal ideation or suicide attempt).

Eligibility

Age: 50 Years – 90 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* 50-90 years old
* Diagnosis (based on a modified SCID-5 Clinical Trials Version to assess DSM-5 diagnoses): Any DSM-5 except: current diagnosis of Psychotic Disorder; diagnosis of Dementia
* Recent hospitalization for suicidal ideation or suicide attempt; at hospital admission, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSR-S) ≥ 2, "Non-specific Active Suicidal Thoughts."
* We will also include patients on psychotropics and on after-care community psychotherapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current diagnosis of Psychotic Disorders; Diagnosis of Dementia
* Cognitive Impairment (MMSE ≤ 24)
* Acute or severe medical illness (i.e., delirium; decompensated cardiac, liver or kidney failure; major surgery; stroke or myocardial infarction during the three months prior to entry
* Aphasia, sensory problems, and/or inability to speak English.

Conditions3

DepressionSuicidal IdeationSuicide, Attempted

Locations2 sites

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10065
Dimitris Kiosses, PhD914-997-4381dkiosses@med.cornell.edu
Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
White Plains, New York, 10605
Dimitris Kiosses, PhD914-997-4381dkiosses@med.cornell.edu

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