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Brief Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)
Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto
Summary
The goal of this project is to assess the efficacy of Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL) in a randomized control trial. The investigators will be testing 150 participants Canada-wide, half of which will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL (B-TAU) and the other half will be randomized to receive Brief-SfSL after a 3 month waitlist (WL-TAU). The main questions this study seeks to answer are: * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU for reducing suicidal thoughts at 3 months? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for reducing depression severity, anxiety, and anhedonia? * Is B-TAU more efficacious than WL-TAU at 3 months for improving social connectedness, emotional regulation, functioning (work, life, social), executive control and social problem-solving? * Are adverse events equivalent between B-TAU and WL-TAU at 3 months?
Official title: Investigating the Efficacy of a Novel Therapy for Suicide Risk in Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intensive Single Session of "Brief Skills for Safer Living"
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
150
Start Date
2025-11-17
Completion Date
2028-12-31
Last Updated
2026-01-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Brief-SfSL
Brief-SfSL is a single 90-minute intervention that that: 1. helps clients understand their suicide narrative, which explores the origin and meaning of their suicidal thoughts 2. builds specific skills to keep oneself safe from suicide even if suicidal thoughts are present 3. includes enhanced safety planning by identifying the barriers to enacting a safety plan and solutions to overcome them
Locations (1)
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada