Combined peer support, personalized Hope Box, and postcard follow-up for suicidal inpatients

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

HOPAIR is a mixed-methods feasibility project that enrolls patients 24–48 hours after admission to a psychiatric crisis unit and delivers a one-on-one meeting with a trained peer helper who helps the patient create a personalized Hope Box. The Hope Box contains objects, photos and reminders intended to strengthen reasons for living and provide sensory comfort, and a postcard is sent one month later to reinforce the intervention. The study is bi-centric and collects quantitative measures at three months on hopelessness, self-efficacy, reasons for living, perceived social support, suicidal thoughts and repeat attempts, alongside qualitative feedback on acceptability and implementation. The primary aim is to determine whether this combined intervention can be delivered and accepted in the inpatient crisis setting.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Major ;
* Hospitalized in a psychiatric crisis unit;
* Having attempted suicide in the month preceding hospitalisation;
* Able to give free and informed consent;
* Having given consent;
* French-speaking person with at least B1 level (reading and writing);
* With access to the technical resources required for the study;
* With a postal address.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Presenting a relational modality incompatible with the proposed intervention (agitation, acute delirium, major cognitive disorders or psychic disorganisation, etc.);
* Included in another research protocol related to suicide prevention.

Where it's running

• Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier
  Bron, Aura, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Tamara VERNET, IPA — Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier
• Study coordinator: Tamara VERNET, IPA
• Email: Tamara.vernet@ch-le-vinatier.fr
• Phone: 00334 37 91 52 10

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.