https://pittplusme.org/study/1769
EASY Research Study – Children Aged 12-17
STUDY BASICS
Are you the parent of a 12-17 year old who has recently accessed emergency or crisis services for a behavioral health issue? If so, you and your child may be able to take part in a research study to help better understand how to assess mood, behaviors, and suicide risk in young people. This study involves four online or phone sessions over about one year. Compensation is provided.
STUDY PURPOSE
Adolescents experiencing a behavioral health issue may use crisis or emergency services such as mental health services, hotlines, emergency room visits or other hospital services, or emergency responder services. Some children experiencing a behavioral health issue may be at an increased risk for suicide, but assessing suicide risk can be difficult. The purpose of the Emergent Assessment of Suicidal Youth (EASY) research study is to better understand how to assess mood, behaviors and suicidal risk in young people who access emergency or crisis services for behavioral health related issues.
COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD?
- Ages 12-17
- Recently accessed a crisis or emergency service for a behavioral health issue (services may include mental health services, text or call hotlines, emergency room or other hospital services, emergency responder services, or others)
- Able to complete questionnaires over the phone or online
- Parent willing to participate
WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT
Participation involves 4 sessions over the course of one year that will take place online or by phone. Each session will take about one hour. No computer experience is required.
Participants will be asked to answer questionnaires about health, mood, and behaviors during their lifetime online or over the phone. Parents will also be asked to answer questions about their child’s mood and feelings at the beginning of the study.
IRB: STUDY19020319A
- Harnessing Computerized Adaptive Testing, Transdiagnostic Theories of Suicidal Behavior, and Machine Learning to Advance the Emergent Assessment of Suicidal Youth (EASY Study).
MEET THE RESEARCHER
David Brent
Dr. Brent is currently Academic Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and holds an endowed chair in Suicide Studies. He co-founded and now directs Services for Teens at Risk (STAR), a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-funded program for suicide prevention, education of professionals, and the treatment of at-risk youth and their families. His work has focused on the identification of risk factors for adolescent depression and suicidal behavior, and on the translation of those findings into clinical interventions. Dr. Brent and colleagues have endeavored to understand possible intermediate phenotypes for suicidal behavior and mechanisms by which suicidal behavior is transmitted from parent to child.