The University of Denver received a $256,627 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop and pilot a digital intervention to support parents in responding effectively to suicide risk alerts for pre- and early adolescent children. The project aims to create a single-session intervention (SSI) and just-in-time digital intervention (JIT) that will equip parents with skills in emotion regulation, validation, and suicide-specific monitoring. The project will engage 20 parents in co-creating the intervention prototypes, conduct an open trial with 15 parents, and then pilot a randomized controlled trial with 99 parents to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of the SSI and SSI+JIT approaches compared to enhanced usual care. Findings from this work are expected to inform the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a brief digital intervention to prevent suicide risk among at-risk youth through early parental support.
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