Adolescent Behavior, Suicide
Conditions
Keywords
suicide
Brief summary
This study is prospectively enrolling a cohort of adolescent patients who present to the Emergency Department and an inpatient psychiatric adolescent unit with acute suicidality.
Detailed description
This study is prospectively enrolling a cohort of adolescent patients who present to the Emergency Department with acute suicidality or are admitted to an inpatient psychiatric adolescent unit. The plan is to monitor basic physiologic parameters to assess for trends associated with suicidality noninvasively in an objective manner beyond subjective questionnaires currently available. Upon discharge they will be sent home with a noninvasive monitor to track physiologic parameters.
Interventions
Noninvasive physiologic monitor
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* acute suicidality * consenting individual present in the emergency department
Exclusion criteria
* medical admission for an ingestion or other reason
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart Rate Variability | 1 week |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | At enrollment | — |
| Age | at enrollment | in Years |
| Columbia Suicide Severity Score | 1 week | Numerical based on severity |
| PHQ-9 Depression Scale | 1 week | Numerical based on severity |
| Motion | 1 week | As detected by an accelerometer in Hz |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| past Medical History | At enrollment | — |
| Medications | At enrollment and daily for one week after discharge | Daily medications |
Countries
United States