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Assessing the Effectiveness of a CBT-based App in Reducing Suicidal Ideation: An Open Randomized Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating GG-Suicide-Ideation for Suicide Ideation. Completed, enrolled 128 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this study is to empirically assess the utility of GG-Suicide-Ideation (GGSI), a theory-based mobile application for the prevention of suicide ideation. GGSI is based on principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which have been found to be an effective treatment for decreasing suicide risk. In this study half of the participants (i.e. the experiment group) will start an immediate use of GGSI for a period of 15 days. The other half of the participants (i.e. the control group) will be 'on hold' during the first 15 days, after which they will commence use of GGSI for an additional 15 days. All participants will complete questionnaires regarding suicide ideation and related risk factors three times during the study: at the beginning of the study (baseline), after 15 days from the beginning of study and after 30 days from the beginning of study. The investigators hypothesized that in the experimental group, after 15 days of using GGSI app there will be a substantial decrease in the level of suicide ideation and associate risk factors, compared to the control group. If this hypothesis is met, the investigators will examine if the decrease in said measures in the experimental group will maintain after 15 days of follow up. In addition, the investigators hypothesized that in the control group there will be a significant decrease in suicide ideation and related risk factors after 15 days of using GGSI.
Study Details
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Interventions
GG-Suicide-Ideation (GGSI) is a mobile application, consisting of 55 stages. The content of each stage is a list of statements representing core themes, that were found in research and clinical practice to be related to suicide ideation. These are, for example, hopelessness, helplessness, thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, low self-esteem, tolerance of mental pain, and more. On each stage, several statements are presented on screen, one at a time. The statements express adaptive or maladaptive thinking in the specific core theme of that stage. In case the statement is positive and adaptive, the user needs to drag the statement downwards, towards him. In case the statement is negative and maladaptive, the user needs to drag the statement upwards, away from him. The user advances in stages - three stages per day.