Text-based Support for Parents of Adolescents Following an Emergency Department Visits

Effectiveness of Text-based Support for Parents of Suicidal Adolescents Following Emergency Department Visits

The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an adaptive text-based intervention for parents of adolescents seeking emergency department services for suicide risk concerns.

Participants will be 420 adolescents (ages 13-17) seen in ED with recent suicidal ideation and/or attempt and their parents recruited from two health system EDs in the Midwest.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescent (13-17 years old) who present to Emergency Department (ED) due to (1) last-week suicidal ideation and/or (2) last-month suicide attempt, and their caregiver.

Exclusion Criteria:

Adolescents who are:

• medically unstable
• presenting with severe cognitive impairment, altered mental status, severe aggression/agitation
• presenting without a legal guardian
• whose parent does not own a cell phone