Clinical trial NCT02499406: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group Pilot Evaluation
Official title: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group Pilot Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Suicidal Ideation
Emotions
Lead sponsor: VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Sponsor class: FED
Collaborators: name: US Department of Veterans Affairs
First posted: 2015-07-16
Enrollment: 17
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Uncontrolled pilot study examines feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills group for Veterans with suicidal ideation and emotion dysregulation.

Detailed description: Uncontrolled pilot study to examine feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills group for Veterans with suicidal ideation and emotion dysregulation. Outcome measures will occur at pre-treatment, mid, end, and follow-up.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Veterans at VACHS who are referred or self-referred to DBT Skills Group
2. Ages 18-65
3. Able to understand written and spoken English
4. DERS score 105 or greater
5. Suicidal ideation within past 3 months
6. Seeing an individual mental health provider at VACHS at least monthly
7. Willing to create or review a Mental Health Safety Plan, and stated willingness to use this plan to maintain safety
8. Consent to participate in study assessments
9. Consent to recording of group sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to understand written or spoken English
2. Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I, antisocial personality disorder, or thought disorder in CPRS problem list and confirmed by current mental health provider

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility as Assessed by Attendance at Sessions for Duration of Intervention (Percent of Sessions Attended)
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability as Assessed by Positive Feedback on Written Satisfaction Evaluations Completed by Participants at Mid-point of Intervention
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Acceptability as Assessed by Positive Feedback on Written Satisfaction Evaluations Completed by Participants at Post-intervention
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Acceptability as Assessed by Positive Feedback on Written Satisfaction Evaluations Completed by Participants at Follow-up
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Suicidal Ideation on Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire at 3months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Suicidal Ideation on Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire at 6months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Suicidal Ideation on Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire at 9months
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Emotion Dysregulation as Assessed Using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at 3months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Emotion Dysregulation as Assessed Using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at 6months (End of Intervention)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Emotion Dysregulation as Assessed Using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at 9months
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Coping as Assessed With the DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Ways of Coping Checklist at 3months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Coping as Assessed With the DBT Ways of Coping Checklist at 6 Months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Coping as Assessed With the DBT Ways of Coping Checklist at 9months
timeFrame: 9 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: West Haven
country: United States
facility: VA Connecticut Health Care System
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: VA Connecticut Health Care System
name: Suzanne Decker, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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