Veterans' suicide prevention study tests emotion awareness app
NCT ID NCT05724953
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a smartphone-based program to help veterans with serious mental illness (like PTSD, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia) better recognize and describe their emotions. The goal was to see if improving emotion awareness could lower suicide risk. Only 11 veterans took part before the study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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11 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * a DSM-V diagnosis of PTSD * bipolar disorder * MDD * schizophrenia * at risk of suicide(Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale * C-SSRS \>=3 or a suicide attempt in the past 5 years) * limited emotion awareness (Toronto Alexithymia Scale; TAS-20 \>=52) * can understand all the study's risks and benefits Exclusion Criteria: * have medical/neurological conditions that could interfere with study participation * enrolled in another treatment study * unable/unwilling to provide a verifiable contact for emergency purposes
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, 10468-3904, United States
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