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NCT05000749
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DBT Skills Groups for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide Attempt

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

Veteran suicide death is a national crisis. Risk factors include emotion dysregulation, which occurs across mental health disorders. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based suicide intervention that targets emotion dysregulation but is resource-intensive and not widely available at VHA. A more efficient evidence-based DBT Skills Group (DBT-SG) is associated with reduced suicidal ideation and emotion dysregulation and likely more feasible to implement at VHA. This is a randomized controlled trial to test whether DBT-SG in addition to VHA treatment-as-usual, compared to only VHA treatment-as-usual, reduces Veteran emotion dysregulation.

Official title: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Multisite Trial of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group for Veterans at High-Risk for Suicide Attempt

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

156

Start Date

2023-04-30

Completion Date

2027-02-26

Last Updated

2026-01-22

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

DBT-SG

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group (DBT-SG) in addition to VHA treatment as usual. Group is 24 weekly sessions teaching skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness.

BEHAVIORAL

VHA treatment as usual

VHA treatment as usual for Veterans at risk for suicide attempt

Locations (5)

VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

San Diego, California, United States

VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

West Haven, Connecticut, United States

James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL

Tampa, Florida, United States

New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, Ohio, United States