NCT05722197

Assessment of Emotion Regulation Strategies Used When Suicidal

Recruiting now NA Last updated 19 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Crisis Response Planning and Lethal Means Safety Counseling in Suicidal Ideation in 334 participants. Currently enrolling.

Timeline

23 January 2022

Primary endpoint
23 January 2027

23 January 2027

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ohio State University
Phase	NA
Status	Recruiting now
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	334
Start date	23 January 2022
Primary completion	23 January 2027
Estimated completion	23 January 2027
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Crisis Response Planning and Lethal Means Safety Counseling

Conditions studied

• Suicidal Ideation — all drugs for Suicidal Ideation →
• Treatment Refusal — all drugs for Treatment Refusal →
• Emotion Regulation — all drugs for Emotion Regulation →

Sponsor

Ohio State University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Suicidal Ideation or Treatment Refusal. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Crisis Response Planning is an efficacious, one-session intervention that increases positive affect, decreases negative affect and psychiatric hospitalizations, and reduces suicide attempts by 76% among Servicemembers. Crisis Response Planning is hypothesized to reduce suicidality by identifying a variety of personalized strategies that are designed to strengthen and/or promote emotion regulation processes.Research in nonmilitary samples suggests the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies varies across situations. The applicability of these findings to suicidality among Servicemembers is unknown. Improved understanding of what strategies work under which circumstances and for whom will significantly advance our ability to prevent suicide among Servicemembers. Hypotheses include:

1. Use of self-management strategies, thinking about reasons for living, and seeking social support at time t will be associated with significant reductions in suicidal ideation at time t+1.
2. Use of distraction, reappraisal, and interpersonal emotion regulation strategies at time t will be associated with significant reductions in suicidal ideation at time t+1.
3. Affect intensity and social context will significantly moderate the time-lagged effects of Crisis Response Planning and emotion regulation strategy use on suicidal ideation.
4. Distinct profiles of demographic (e.g., gender, age), historical (e.g., prior suicide attempts), and psychological characteristics (e.g., emotion dysregulation, symptom severity) will predict who experiences a decrease in suicidal ideation following the use of Crisis Response Planning and emotion regulation strategies.
5. (Exploratory): Individuals who utilize their Crisis Response Planning more frequently and perceive Crisis Response Planning as more effective will be more likely to engage in mental health treatment at follow-up.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.