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Can teaching teens two simple skills reduce Self-Harm?
NCT ID NCT06720753
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study enrolls 200 teens with a history of self-inflicted injury, including at least one suicide attempt. Researchers will teach two skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Opposite to Emotion Action and GIVE) and track how often teens use them in daily life via phone surveys. They will also measure brain activity with fMRI, family interactions, and stress levels to understand what helps skills stick. The goal is to learn how these skills work, not to test a new drug or cure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral skills training (Opposite to Emotion Action and GIVE from Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward which specific skills work best for teens who self-harm, and how to teach them more effectively.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study, not a treatment trial. It is small (200 teens) and focuses on understanding mechanisms, not proving a cure or symptom relief.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 3+ incidents of self-inflicted injury (SII). At least one SII episode must score a minimum of "3" on lethality (moderate; e.g., overdose on 11-50 pills; deep cuts anywhere but neck) and "4" on intent (somewhat serious \[about dying\]) - even if aborted or interrupted. Adolescents with 3+ SIIs may also enroll if they have been hospitalized for suicide preparatory behavior. * English language proficiency * Access to a smart phone * Parent/caregiver/legal guardian to participate with the adolescent Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate to severe developmental or intellectual disability, psychosis, or a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis. * Those taking medications with well-documented effects on psychophysiological responding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Utah
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States
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