Official Title: Safer Still EP3- An Interactive Intervention Adjunct to Traditional Care for Adolescents Who Are Discharged From Psychiatric Hospitals and Living in Households Where Firearms Are Stored Unsafely
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
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Brief Summary: Our long-term goal is to decrease suicide and suicidal behaviors in at-risk youth through preventative interventions We propose to develop an interactive intervention Safer Still to help promote safe storage of firearms during the critical period immediately following high-risk care transitions The objective of this study is to develop and test the Safer Still intervention as an efficient adjunct to traditional care for adolescents aged 12-17 years who are discharged from psychiatric hospitals and living in households where firearms are stored unsafely
Detailed Description: The objective of this study is to develop and test the Safer Still intervention as an efficient adjunct to traditional care for adolescents aged 12-17 years who are discharged from psychiatric hospitals and living in households where firearms are stored unsafely Exploratory aims of the study are as follows 1 Evaluate parental motivation to change firearm storage behavior as a potential mediator of the three-month intervention effect We hypothesize that higher change scores in the action stage of the readiness to change model1 at one month will mediate the intervention effect at three months 2 Identify whether the response to the Safer Still intervention varies by adolescent history of suicide attempt and parental primary reason for firearm ownership at one and three months and 3 Ascertain common parental reasons for declining to safely store firearms