Assessing the Effectiveness of Self- and Clinician-administered Crisis Response Planning for Suicide Risk

Assessing the Effectiveness of Self- and Clinician-administered Crisis Response Planning for Suicide Risk

The aim of the current project is to compare the use and preliminary effectiveness of a self-administered version of the Crisis Response Plan (CRP) in decreasing suicidal/death ideation and distress and increasing positive affect when compared to a clinician-administered version of the protocol in a sample of 150 military Veterans experiencing current death or suicidal ideation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• US military veteran
• death or suicidal ideation/suicide attempt within the past month

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-Veteran status
• acute intoxication or active psychosis precluding provision of informed consent
• inability to communicate and comprehend English
• residence outside the United States
• lack of past-month death/suicide ideation or attempt
• lack of device connected to webcam or internet