Skills to Enhance Positive Affect in Suicidal Adolescents

Individual sessions (3-4) delivered on the inpatient unit, focused on psycho-education regarding positive affect and mood monitoring and teaching of skills to attend to positive affect such as mindfulness, gratitude, and savoring. In-person sessions are followed by weekly phone calls and daily text messages for one month, with option to extend.

Participants will follow the intervention plan laid out in their discharge summary, but do not receive any individual sessions regarding positive affect. Upon discharge, they will receive generic text messages regarding healthy habits for one month, with option to extend.