Recruiting

YST-P

Sponsor:

Columbia University

Code:

NCT07559955

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Youth-Nominated Support Team for Probation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to conduct a pilot test of a mental health support program called the Youth-Nominated Support Team - Probation (YST-P) for young people ages 12-17 on probation, experiencing suicidal ideation and behaviors (SIB). Young people on probation experience SIB at higher rates than youth in the general population, but often do not receive the mental health care they need due to multi-level barriers. YST-P is adapted from an existing evidence-based, social support intervention, Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST), which is a psychoeducational, social support intervention originally created as an adjunctive to standard behavioral health (BH) treatment for youth with suicide risk following psychiatric hospitalization. YST-P is an adaptation of YST designed to meet the unique needs of youth on probation, addressing their SIB and increasing their uptake of treatment, by leveraging their existing social networks. YST-P is designed as an early intervention program to prevent escalation of SIB and increase probation youths' treatment uptake, bridging them to care. The study entails a single-arm pilot to examine reductions in SIB (within-subject comparison), and increased treatment uptake (comparing YST-P participants to a propensity-matched, historical control). This study will additionally explore theorized mechanisms of intervention action as well as implementation outcomes and barriers/facilitators to YST-P. The goal is for results from this study to inform a larger, fully powered effectiveness trial, as well as future studies leveraging youths' existing social support networks to prevent SIB and bridge them to care.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

Study ID

NCT07559955

Start date

Feb 1, 2027

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

YST-P Pilot Youth on probation, referred to study by YST Intervention Specialist (n=40)

1. Conversational in English (self-report/caregiver)
2. Age 12-17years 11months (self-report/caregiver)
3. Probation involvement (probation staff)
4. Have a caregiver who is willing to participate (caregiver)
5. Endorsed PY suicidal ideation (probation staff)
6. Nominated 2-4 supportive adults, at least 2 of whom are willing to participate (Intervention Specialist, supportive adult)

Caregivers, referred to study by YST Intervention Specialist (n=40)

1. Conversational in English (self-report)
2. Caregiver of a youth who is eligible and willing to participate (probation referral, youth report)

Supportive adults, referred to study by YST Intervention Specialist (n=40)

1. Participating as a supportive adult in YST-P as indicated by completion of YST-P psychoeducational session (Intervention Specialist report)
2. Conversational in English (self-report)
3. Approved by youths' caregiver (caregiver)
4. Be appropriate as determined by the YST-P Intervention Specialist (Intervention Specialist).

Probation staff, assisted by agency leadership (n=15)

1. Conversational in English (self-report)
2. Employed by Suffolk or Nassau County Probation working with youth (self-report/agency leadership)

Intervention Specialists, assisted by agency leadership (n=2)

1. Conversational in English (self-report)
2. Employed by Hope for Youth Licensed behavioral health clinician (self-report/agency leadership)
3. Trained as YST-P Intervention Specialists (Research team)
4. Facilitating the YST-P intervention (Research team)

Exclusion Criteria:

\- Participants not meeting all inclusion criteria will be excluded from research activities.

Study Design

Enrollment

137 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Youth

Youth with an active probation case with reported past year suicidal ideation who receive the YST-P intervention (n=40).

Interventions

Youth-Nominated Support Team for Probation

YST-P is a social support intervention to leverage youths' existing relationships as an approach to decrease SIB and address multilevel barriers to care for youth on probation.

Primary outcome measure

  • Youth Suicide Ideation and Behaviors [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, at completion of the 3-month intervention, and also 6-month post-baseline ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Quinn R Anderson, MS

650-283-2448qra2000@cumc.columbia.edu

Francesca Agnello, MPH

646-548-9096fa2786@cumc.columbia.edu

Locations

Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) Alianza Dominicana Triangle Building

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10032

Contacts

Raquel Shrager

(830) 446-0624rs3823@cumc.columbia.edu

Principal Investigator:

Corianna E Sichel, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Columbia University

Last update posted

Jul 31, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Behavioral Health
  • Suicide
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors
  • Suicidal Ideation in Teens
  • Mental Health
  • Teen Mental Health
  • Adolescent Mental Health
  • Probation
  • Teens Probation Mental Health
  • Probation Mental Health
  • Probation Behavioral Health
  • Implementation
  • Implementation Science
  • Partnerships
  • e-Connect
  • YST
  • Youth Nominated Support Team
  • Caregiver Teens
  • Caregiver Mental Health
  • Teen Behavioral Health
  • Caregiver Behavioral Health
  • Probation Officer
  • Probation Officer Mental Health
  • Probation Staff Mental Health
  • Probation Staff
  • Social Workers
  • Social Workers Mental Health
  • Intervention
  • Interventions
  • Mental Health Interventions
  • Behavioral Health Interventions
  • Teen Probation Intervention
  • Youth Intervention
  • Youth Mental Health Intervention
  • Adolescent Probation
  • Juvenile Justice System
  • Juvenile Justice System Mental Health
  • Juvenile Probation
  • Juvenile Probation Mental Health
  • SIB
  • Teen SIB
  • Youth SIB
  • Adolescent SIB
  • Teen Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Youth Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Adolescent Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Implementations

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Columbia University on 2026-07-31.