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Suicide Specific Rumination in Veterans
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
Few treatments target core features of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in Veterans. Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback can provide information regarding brain activation associated with suicide-specific rumination, defined as a "repetitive mental fixation on one's suicidal thoughts and intentions." The goal of this feasibility study is for Veterans to learn strategies for modulating activity within brain regions that have been demonstrated to contribute to the maintenance of rumination, as they receive neurofeedback feedback signals from the brain.
Official title: Reducing Suicide-Specific Rumination in Veterans Using Real-time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurofeedback
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
15
Start Date
2024-08-01
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-07-31
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Real Time fMRI Neurofeedback
The proposed pilot study is designed to collect feasibility and acceptability data regarding the utility of real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) feedback in reducing suicide-specific rumination in veterans. Fifteen veterans will receive 2 rt-fMRI neurofeedback sessions while attempting to alter connectivity in brain regions that play a role in rumination. Pre- and post-treatment assessments of suicide, disability, functional impairment, and quality of life will be collected.
Locations (1)
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, United States