Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Suicidal Veterans

This investigation is a feasibility study conducted in a VA outpatient treatment setting. The study is designed to test the feasibility of implementing a novel way of working with suicidal patients, the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS). The primary purpose of the proposed project is to determine if it is possible to train clinicians working in the Mental Health Clinic at the Denver VA Medical Center (VAMC) to utilize this therapeutic framework. This project is extremely timely in relation to expectations of future increased clinical demands among potentially high-risk Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans who may become suicidal in the years to come.

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Key information

Conditions

Suicidality Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Self-Injurious Behavior Suicidal Ideation Suicide

Age range

18 year–89 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Visn 19 Mirecc

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Suicidality endorsed during the regular Mental Health intake interview or at the time of admission.
Over the age of 18 years.
New or returning patients to the VA MHC.
Living within the larger Denver metropolitan region during the duration of the treatment.
Willing to travel to the ECHCS Denver VAMC at times other than scheduled therapy appointments to complete follow-up assessment measures.

Exclusion criteria

Psychosis that would interfere with an individual's ability to provide informed consent.
Imminent suicidality with the need for immediate psychiatric hospitalization, as defined above in the Background section, at the time of MH intake.
Current involuntary status for psychiatric hospitalization.
Inability to adequately respond to questions regarding the informed consent procedure. See Special Consent Issues section below.

Treatment and study plan

CAMS

Behavioral

First, as discussed above, suicidality is the focus of treatment rather than one of many symptoms being treated. Second is the emphasis on patient and therapist collaborating on treatment rather than the therapist dictating how therapy progresses. Beyond those two basic tenets, each therapist is free to utilize their current clinical skills to conduct psychotherapy.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

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Collaborators

The Catholic University of America
US Department of Veterans Affairs

Registry information

Official study title

Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Suicidal Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Feasibility Investigation

Acronym: CAMS

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2009
First posted: Apr 13, 2011
Registry last updated: Apr 13, 2011

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