Current Clinical Trials

Research at the BRTC is focused pri­mar­ily on the devel­op­ment and eval­u­a­tion of psy­chother­a­pies for indi­vid­u­als with severe and chronic per­son­al­ity dis­or­ders. Research focuses on the under­stand­ing, assess­ment and treat­ment of sui­ci­dal behav­iors. To date, most research has focused on treat­ment devel­op­ment for sui­ci­dal indi­vid­u­als meet­ing cri­te­ria for Bor­der­line Per­son­al­ity Dis­or­der. Most research has been funded by the National Insti­tutes of Health.

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING CLIENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING STUDIES: 

1.  CARES: Col­lab­o­ra­tive Ado­les­cent Research on Emo­tion and Suicide

PURPOSE OF THE CARES CLINIC:

Seat­tle Children’s Hos­pi­tal and the Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton are pro­vid­ing spe­cialty treat­ment for ado­les­cents engag­ing in sui­ci­dal behav­iors and study­ing how to help reduce them.  We are accept­ing teenagers (ages 13–18) that are seek­ing treat­ment for self-injurious behaviors.

WHAT’S INVOLVED:

Eli­gi­ble teen and par­ent will par­tic­i­pate in 6 months of treat­ment. Treat­ment is typ­i­cally weekly and includes both indi­vid­ual and group com­po­nents. Teens and par­ents also com­plete ques­tion­naires and interviews.

Inter­ested fam­i­lies can get more infor­ma­tion by:

Con­tact­ing the CARES Study at:  206–221-CARE

caresuw@uw.edu

2.  Assess­ment of sui­ci­dal thoughts, feel­ings and behaviors

This study is focused on the devel­op­ment and ini­tial eval­u­a­tion of brief meth­ods to assess indi­vid­u­als who are cur­rently expe­ri­enc­ing sui­ci­dal thoughts and urges. 

DBT is a com­pre­hen­sive, cognitive-behavioral treat­ment for sui­ci­dal indi­vid­u­als that has been shown effec­tive in reduc­ing the pri­mary prob­lems it is designed to treat; namely, the fre­quency and sever­ity of self-injurious and sui­ci­dal behavior. 

How­ever, DBT is a long-term treat­ment.  The present study will involve inter­view and ques­tion­naire assess­ments and the oppor­tu­nity to learn skills to deal with sui­ci­dal thoughts and urges that occur in your daily life.  Fur­ther, you will be asked to pro­vide feed­back on your experience. 

The study will require approx­i­mately 2 hours of participation. 

For more infor­ma­tion please call us at 206–543-2505.