Safety Planning vs Standard Care for Suicide Prevention After Pretrial Jail Detention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the US, 1 in 5 adult suicide decedents has spent at least 1 night in jail in the year prior to death.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) with telephone follow-up as an adjunct to enhanced standard care (ESC) compared with ESC alone for reducing suicide events in the 12 months following release from pretrial jail detention.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial included individuals with past 30-day suicide risk (suicide ideation with intent and/or suicide attempt) in pretrial jail detention who were recruited from 2 jails from May 11, 2016, to November 13, 2018, with a 12-month follow-up after release. Data analysis was completed from April 2023 to May 2025.

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SUBMITTER: Weinstock LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12603856 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature