The BEAR Program for Women With Trauma Who Have Suicidal Thoughts
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-75
SponsorStanford University
About this trial
The current study aims to test the feasibility of a new form of group therapy for women who have a history of interpersonal trauma and current suicidal ideation. The Building Empowerment and Resilience (BEAR) Therapeutic group has been adapted for women who have experienced trauma and have current suicidal ideation. It incorporates psychological skills, psychoeducation about trauma and gender-based violence, and physical self-defense training, all within a therapeutic process. It will be implemented with women who have experienced interpersonal trauma (physical, sexual, or emotional abuse/neglect) and experience various mental health difficulties, including suicidal ideation. We aim to assess the feasibility to recruit and implement the BEAR group. Our ultimate aim is to assess whether the program can effect self-efficacy and suicidal ideation.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Women ages 18-75
History of physical, sexual, and/or sexual emotional violence, with subsequent interpersonal or psychological distress (e.g., depression or anxiety) related to this history.
Current suicidal thinking
Disqualifiers
Active, significant substance abuse, which could interfere with participation
Significant medical conditions that would preclude safe participation in the study
No history of interpersonal trauma
Acute psychiatric instability
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
BEAR-SI
BehavioralThe BEAR Therapeutic program is a twelve-week group that meets once per week for 1.5 hours per week. The program includes three main components. The first is a psycho-educational component which provides current information about assault statistics, common risk factors, myths that are often associated assault, and safety related information The second component focuses on the development of an assortment of interpersonal skills. This part of the group offers skills such as assertiveness or communication training, boundary setting, and coping skills. The third component of our intervention consists of a thorough set of self-defense skills that help women to keep themselves safe. The repertoire of skills include recognizing unsafe situations, utilizing one's voice, and release from holds. This section provides ample practice blocks, resistance skills, and specific techniques to keep one's self safe.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: BEAR therapy groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Coping self-efficacy
This scale ranges from 0-286, with 0 indicating no confidence in managing stressors to 286 indicating very high level of confidence that one could do a particular behavior
Time frame
Baseline to 12 weeks (post-group)2
Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation
Assesses amount of suicidal thinking. The total BSS score can range from 0, with no suicidal thinking to 38 points, severe level of suicidal thinking.
Time frame
Baseline to 12 weeks (post-group)Other outcomes
1
Retention in the group
Will examine number of participants who completed at least 10/12 sessions
Time frame
12 weeks (post-group)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov