Trial reportPsychological services2019
Development and pilot study of a suicide prevention intervention delivered by peer support specialists.
Trial report in Psychological services, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Recovery-Oriented Conversations in Psychiatric Care: An Integrated Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Translating Suicide Safety Planning Components Into the Design of mHealth App Features: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of peer support for individuals with mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Group-Based Suicide Safety Planning and Skills Training for Veterans With High Suicide Risk: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Peer Support Intervention for Suicide Prevention Among High-Risk Adults in Michigan: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Brief Peer-Supported Web-Based Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (BPS webSTAIR) for Trauma-Exposed Veterans in the Community: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- From Plan to Practice: Embedding Safety Planning in Inpatient Mental Health Care.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Impact of a Clinician and Lived Experience Peer Worker Co-Led Aftercare Program on Suicide Risk Factors.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Peer-Led Models Focussed on Emotional Distress and Suicide Prevention: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Peer specialists and mental health nurses who work with patients who are suicidal: A comparative interview study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Pilot implementation of a telehealth safety planning group intervention for suicidal rural Veterans enhanced by lived experience veteran peer participation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Suicide Prevention by Peers Offering Recovery Tactics (SUPPORT) for US Veterans With Serious Mental Illness: Community Engagement Approach.Journal of participatory medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a service introduced to support young people at risk of suicide using a cohort design, a mixed methods analysis and cost-benefit analysis.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Implementing Peer Specialists in Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Veterans Health Administration.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2023Article
- Peer Intervention following Suicide-Related Emergency Department Presentation: Evaluation of the PAUSE Pilot Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Screening and Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Involvement.Child & adolescent social work journal : C & A · 2023Article
- Pre-implementation adaptation of suicide safety planning intervention using peer support in rural areas.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Suicide rates in the United States have been increasing in recent years, and the period after an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is one of especially high risk for death by suicide. Peer support specialists may play an important role in addressing recommendations that suicide prevention activities focus on protective factors by improving hope and connectedness. The present study developed a peer specialist intervention titled Peers for Valued Living (PREVAIL) to reduce suicide risk, incorporating components of motivational interviewing and psychotherapies targeting suicide risk into recovery-based peer support. A randomized controlled pilot study was conducted to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and fidelity of the intervention. A total of 70 adult psychiatric inpatients at high risk for suicide were enrolled into the study. Participants were randomized to usual care (n = 36) or to the 12-week PREVAIL peer support intervention (n = 34). Those in the PREVAIL arm completed an average of 6.1 (SD = 5.0) peer sessions over the course of 12 weeks. Fidelity was rated for 20 peer support sessions, and 85% of the peer specialist sessions demonstrated adequate fidelity to administering a conversation tool regarding hope, belongingness, or safety, and 72.5% of general support skills (e.g., validation) were performed with adequate fidelity. Participants' qualitative responses (n = 23) were highly positive regarding peer specialists' ability to relate, listen, and advise and to provide support specifically during discussions about suicide. Findings demonstrate that a peer support specialist suicide prevention intervention is feasible and acceptable for patients at high risk for suicide. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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