Developing a Brief Suicide Prevention Intervention and Mobile Phone Application: A Qualitative Report

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth and has become a serious public health problem. There has been limited research on strategies to decrease the likelihood of reattempt in adolescents. As phase one of a treatment development study, clinicians, parents, and adolescents participa...

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Published in:Journal of technology in human services 2015-10, Vol.33 (4), p.345-357
Main Authors: Kennard, Beth D., Biernesser, Candice, Wolfe, Kristin L., Foxwell, Aleksandra A., Craddock Lee, Simon J., Rial, Katie V., Patel, Sarita, Cheng, Carol, Goldstein, Tina, McMakin, Dana, Blastos, Beatriz, Douaihy, Antoine, Zelazny, Jamie, Brent, David A.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Gain
Human
mobile technology
Parents
Public health
qualitative interviews
Safety
Smartphones
Strategy
suicide
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Summary:Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth and has become a serious public health problem. There has been limited research on strategies to decrease the likelihood of reattempt in adolescents. As phase one of a treatment development study, clinicians, parents, and adolescents participated in qualitative interviews in order to gain new perspectives on developing a targeted intervention and a safety plan phone application for suicide prevention. Participants indicated that transition of care, specific treatment targets, and safety planning were important parts of treatment. In addition, all participants endorsed the use of a smartphone application for these purposes.
ISSN:1522-8835
1522-8991
DOI:10.1080/15228835.2015.1106384