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A Pilot Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents

2023 Early Career Research Grant

Amount Awarded: $109,926

Focus Area: Clinical Treatment

Peter Franz, Ph.D.

Peter Franz, Ph.D.

Montefiore Medical Center

Inside the Research

Suicide risk has increased among youth in underserved communities, where access to mental healthcare is often limited. To address this need, the plan is to develop a brief, low-cost, culturally responsive digital intervention for ethnically diverse youth at risk for suicide. In collaboration with community stakeholders, narratives of suicide recovery will be developed. Then, a smartphone app will used to evaluate whether a curriculum of these narratives provides anti-suicidal benefits to at-risk adolescents.