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Proof-of-Concept Trial of an Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning Intervention for SITBs in Children

2024 Standard

Amount Awarded: $124,332

Focus Area: Clinical Treatment

Sarah Kennedy, Ph.D.

Sarah Kennedy, Ph.D.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Inside the Research

An intervention for preadolescents with suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) will be developed and manualized. Expert advisors and end-users will be engaged to iteratively develop the intervention that targets executive functioning and emotion dysregulation, core underlying risk factors for SITBs in preadolescents. There will be a pilot-test of the intervention in an Emergency Department-referred sample to demonstrate feasibility and safety and to finalize the intervention, protocols, and procedures for future testing the efficacy of intervention.