Trial reportGeneral hospital psychiatry
A virtual, pilot randomized trial of a brief intervention to prevent suicide in an integrated healthcare setting.
Trial report in General hospital psychiatry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Suicide Prevention in Rural Veterans During High-risk Care Transition Scenarios
Prevention of Suicide in Veterans Through Brief Intervention and Contact (VA-BIC)
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Synchronous remote-based interventions for suicidal behaviour prevention: a systematic review and meta-analyses of clinical trials.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Brief interventions for suicidal ideation in primary care: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief strategy to prevent suicide after discharge from residential addiction treatment.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Trial
- Suicide Prevention RCT Pilot: Rural Veterans Receiving Mental Health Community Care.Rural mental health · 2026Article
- Influencing factors of suicide in hospitalized patients with mental disorders: a retrospective study using medical malpractice cases in China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Analysis of Reported Suicide Safety Events Among Veterans Who Received Treatment Through Department of Veterans Affairs-Contracted Community Care.Military medicine · 2023Article
- Feasibility of recruitment and retention in a remote trial of gatekeeper training for close supports of military veterans: Mixed methods study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectivePatients who die by suicide are often seen in primary care settings in the weeks leading to their death. There has been little study of brief interventions to prevent suicide in these settings.
methodWe conducted a virtual, pilot, randomized controlled trial of a brief suicide prevention strategy called Veterans Affairs Brief Intervention and Contact Program (VA BIC) in patients who presented to a primary care mental health walk-in clinic for a new mental health intake appointment and were at risk for suicide. Our primary aim was to assess feasibility. We measured our ability to recruit 20 patients. We measured the proportion of enrolled patients who completed all study assessments. We assessed adherence among patients assigned to VA BIC.
resultsTwenty patients were enrolled and 95% (N = 19) completed all study assessments. Among the 10 patients assigned to VA BIC, 90% (N = 9) of patients completed all required intervention visits, and 100% (N = 10) completed ≥70% of the required interventions visits.
conclusionIt is feasible to conduct a virtual trial of VA BIC in an integrated care setting. Future research should clarify the role of VA BIC as a suicide prevention strategy in integrated care settings using an adequately powered design. CLINICAL
trial registrationNCT04054947.
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