Establishing Efficacy of an Inpatient Intervention and Phone App to Reduce Suicidal Risk

ASAP (As Safe As Possible) is a brief intervention for adolescents hospitalized for suicide risk that focuses on the development of a safety plan, teaching emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills, along with 1-2 post-discharge follow-up calls to encourage adherence to use of the safety plan and to outpatient treatment.

BRITE is a smart phone app that aims to support daily emotion regulation and a safety plan that is personalized to the needs and preferences of each adolescent.

TAU (treatment as usual) is the standard treatment that all adolescents admitted to their respective Inpatient Psychiatry Program receive.