Brief DBT Skills Training for Coping With Suicidal Ideation

NCT07039058 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: BriefDBT-ST30/05/2025
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training (DBT-BST) can prevent suicidality in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does DBT-BST provide coping strategies (e.g., emotion regulation) to participants with suicidal ideation?
• Does DBT-BST lower participants' suicide ideation? Researchers will compare DBT-BST to relaxation to see if DBT-BST works to reduce suicidal ideation. Participants will:
• Receive DBT-BST in a single 60-minute, in-person, individual session.
• Be asked to use these skills as self-help and for crisis prevention.

Conditions

Suicide Ideation; Coping Skills; Emotion Regulation

Keywords

Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Skills Training; Suicide ideation; Randomized

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change from Baseline in the Suicidality at 1 Month as Assessed by Suicide Probability Scale

  36 is equivalent to the lowest suicidality, and 144 indicates the highest suicidality.

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

• Change from Baseline in the Suicidal Cognitions at 1 Month as Assessed by Suicide Cognitions Scale

  18 is equivalent to the lowest suicidal cognitions, and 90 indicates the highest suicidal cognitions.

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

• Change from Baseline in the Hopelessness at 1 Month as Assessed by Beck Hopelessness Scale

  Zero is equivalent to the lowest hopelessness, and 20 indicates the highest hopelessness.

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

• Change from Baseline in the Emotion Regulation Skills at 1 Month as Assessed by Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire

  Zero is equivalent to the lowest emotion regulation skills, and 108 indicates the highest skills.

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

• Change from Baseline in the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation at 1 Month as Assessed by Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16

  16 is equivalent to the lowest difficulties, and 80 indicates the highest difficulties in emotion regulation.

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline in the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress at 1 Month as Assessed by Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)

  From enrollment to the end of intervention at 1 week and follow-up at 1 month

Study Arms (2)

Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skills Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skills Training

Relaxation control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Relaxation

Interventions

Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skills Training BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is administered in a single session, lasting approximately 60 minutes and conducted in person. It is important to note that there are no ongoing sessions. In the intervention, participants are provided with 5 basic skills of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: 1) mindfulness, 2) mindfulness of current emotions, 3) opposite-to-emotion action, 4) distraction, and 5) changing body chemistry. These strategies are grouped under 3 categories: 1) Mindfulness, 2) Emotion regulation (mindfulness of current emotions, opposite-to-emotion action), 3) Tolerating distress (distraction, changing body chemistry). These skills are not designed to treat or solve the crisis. The main aim is to provide effective coping mechanisms that can be implemented quickly before the crisis escelates, to help overcome the intense emotional pain and keep the person alive.

Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skills Training

Relaxation BEHAVIORAL

The control group will be subjected to a relaxation exercise, with the objective of managing participant expectations, researcher attention/interest, and time spent, as well as providing a coping strategy for stress.

Relaxation control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• being 18 years of age or older
• having suicidal ideation in the last 3 months
• not having received any psychological treatment in the last 1 month
• living in Aydın/Türkiye where the intervention will be implemented
• giving consent for participation

You may not qualify if:

• not speaking Turkish
• loss or trauma in the last 1 year
• pharmacological treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Muhammed Ali Boztepe: lead

Study Sites (1)

Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Suicide and Stress Research Laboratory

Aydin, Aydın, 09500, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Psychology Master's Student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2025
• First Posted: June 26, 2025
• Study Start: October 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2026
• Study Completion: January 1, 2026
• Last Updated: September 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Locations

TU (1)