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Integrated Suicide & Trauma Therapy for Suicide Risk

Canada20 participantsStarted 2025-12-08

Plain-language summary

The investigators have developed a novel suicide intervention, Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy (ISTT). ISTT combines Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)-a promising method to enhance coping skills and reduce suicidality-with a trauma therapy component to alleviate the specific impacts of childhood trauma on suicide risk. The aim of this pilot is to test 12-weeks of ISTT to alleviate suicide risk among individuals with a history of childhood trauma and current suicidality.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation \> 10 * Presence of childhood trauma defined by a minimum moderate score on any of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire subscales (emotional abuse, physical, abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect * Presence of any psychiatric diagnosis * Ability to provide informed consent * Not receiving other psychotherapy concurrently * Ability to undergo psychotherapy in English Exclusion Criteria: * The presence of cognitive impairment that would limit consent or understanding of ISTT * The presence of active psychosis * Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent

What they're measuring

Change in Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS) score

Timeframe: From baseline to 1 week post-therapy

Feasibility and acceptability of ISTT

Timeframe: From baseline to 1 week post-therapy

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05613972

SponsorUnity Health Toronto

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04

Contact for this trial

Sakina Rizvi, PhD,MACP,RP

416-864-6060 rizvisa@smh.ca

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