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Suicidal Ideation/BehaviorNCT06885047

Culturally Centered CBT Protocol for Suicidal Behaviors Among Youth in Mexico City

A study testing Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB) and Treatment as usual in people with Suicidal Ideation/Behavior, run by Bradley Hospital at 1 site in Mexico.

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Trial summary

This NIMH R34 award application proposes to conduct an adaptation, implementation, and pilot testing of the culturally centered CBT protocol, the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behaviors (SCBTSB), among suicidal youth in Mexico City, Mexico. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 to 17 years
Conditions the study is for
Suicidal Ideation/Behavior
What is being tested?
Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB) and Treatment as usual
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
60 participants
Where
1 siteMexico
Study dates
Sep 2026to Jun 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

None listed.

Who cannot join

  • having a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder
  • having a diagnosis of substance use disorder, rated severe on the DSM-593 (i.e., endorsement of 6 or more symptoms),
  • not having sufficient cognitive ability to enter a psychotherapy service (whether reported by the parents or by data in the clinical record)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Lina D Castro, MD, M.P.H, D.Sc.P.H contact

+52 55 - 4160 - 5165

dralina@inprf.gob.mx

Maria Elena Marquez Caraveo, PhD / MD contact

+52 (55) 55 73 48 44 ext. 123

malenamarquezc@gmail.com

Mexico1 site
  • The Hospital Psiquiatrico Infantil "Dr. Juan N. Navarro"

    Mexico City

    María Elena Márquez Caraveo, PhD / MD, +52 5555 - 734 - 844 ext. 123, malenamarquezc@gmail.com

    Verónica Pérez Barrón, Psychology Graduate, +52 5555-734-844 ext. 123, veronicaperezbarron@gmail.com

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About this study

Official title: Implementation and Pilot Testing of a Culturally Centered CBT Protocol for Suicidal Behaviors Among Youth in Mexico City

This NIMH R34 award application proposes to conduct an adaptation, implementation, and pilot testing of the culturally centered CBT protocol, the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behaviors (SCBTSB), among suicidal youth in Mexico City, Mexico.

The research plan will (a) culturally adapt and contextualize the SCBT-SB for its implementation in the Mexican public health system, (b) pilot test the protocol through an RCT (SCBT-SB vs TAU; 60 patients and caregivers) and (c) evaluate the implementation process of the SCBT-SB and assess qualitatively possible factors that may promote or hinder its future uptake.

Read the detailed description

This R34 application proposes to conduct an adaptation, implementation, and pilot testing of the culturally centered CBT protocol, the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behaviors (SCBT-SB), among suicidal youth in Mexico City, Mexico. SCBT-SB is a psychosocial treatment developed with the support of the NIMH specifically for suicidal Hispanic youth. SCBT-SB is available in Spanish, has an established training model, and has yielded promising results in intent to treat analyses in reducing suicide attempts and depressive symptoms in comparison to treatment as usual (TAU). Furthermore, it is the CBT protocol with the most empirical evidence for Latinx youth with suicidal behaviors. SCBT is attuned to the cultural needs of Hispanic suicidal youth in real-world service settings. The "EPIS" implementation framework (Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment) and the Ecological Validity Model (ECV) will guide the SCBT-SB implementation and cultural adaptation into the Mexican culture and mental health system. The study will be conducted in one of the main public hospitals in Mexico City, the Hospital Psiquiatrico Infantil "Dr. Juan N. Navarro". In line with this objective, the following research aims are proposed: Aim 1: Adapt the SCBT-SB for its implementation and pilot testing in the Mexican public health system. An open trial with 10 participants will be completed as part of the adaptation process before the pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). Aim 2: To conduct a pilot RCT to assess feasibility, acceptability, and treatment effect of SCBT-SB in clinical outcomes versus treatment as usual (TAU). Participants will be 60 youth ages 12-17 admitted to the inpatient units receiving services for suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). STB and depressive symptoms will be examined at baseline, at hospital discharge (approximately 2 weeks), six-, and 9-months following baseline. Aim 3: To identify organizational/system-level, provider-level, and client factors that may promote or hinder uptake of the new intervention in the public system.

Being tested
Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB), Treatment as usual
Keywords
Randomized Controlled Trial, Mexico youth, cultural adaptation, cognitive behavioral therapy
Medical subject headings
Suicidal Ideation, Behavior

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB)Behavioural

    SCBT-SB is a manualized psychosocial treatment protocol developed specifically with and for L/H youth with suicidal ideation and behaviors. Clinician, adolescents, and caregivers' manuals are available in both Spanish and English. SCBT-SB protocol's main conceptual framework and strategies are informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy concepts, psychoeducation, and adolescent parenting strategies. The intervention involves individual, caregivers, and family sessions. SCBT-SB, while maintaining the basic principles of CBT, was further developed to include developmental (e.g., identity), and cultural elements of L/H families (e.g., family communication, language). The protocol has two main phases. Phase 1, the Crisis Module, includes nine standard core sessions, and Phase 2, which proposes a flexible number of sessions, focused on the delivery of interchangeable coping skills modules and the acquisition of skills that reduce STB.

  • Treatment as usualBehavioural

    TAU consists of eclectic brief treatments, including some CBT or psychodynamic strategies that are applied with adolescents or in conjunction with the caregiver. In all cases, psychoeducation is provided to adolescents and their caregivers. Occasionally, they may be referred to some family therapy intervention. All treatments are brief therapy, provided by clinical psychologists and are intended to address the cognitive, emotional, and family factors that affect the adequate psychosocial functioning of the adolescent.

Study groups in NCT06885047
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SCBT-SB treatment modelExperimentalA culturally centered CBT treatment protocol called Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB)
Receives: Behavioral: Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB)
Treatment as UsualActive comparatorTreatment as usual refers to the type of routine treatment that is provided at the hospital setting.
Receives: Behavioral: Treatment as usual

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Suicidal Ideation

    Suicidal ideation measured using the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire-Junior (SIQ-JR), a self-report instrument of 15 items that measures severity of suicidal ideation as a continuous variable with established normative, reliability, and validity data for clinical and non-clinical adolescent samples. The minimum score is 0 and the maximum 90. A higher score represents increased severity and frequency of suicidal thoughts.

    Measured: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.

  2. Depressive symptoms by self-report

    Level of depressive symptomatology using the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale-25 (RCADS-25). The RCADS-25 is a 25-item scale that measures levels of anxiety and low mood (e.g. "I feel sad or empty"). The scale has two subscales (Total Anxiety and Total Depression) and an overall score. The Total Depression subscale consists of 10 items. All items assess the frequency of symptoms and are rated on a 4-point Likert scale from "0" (never) to "3" (always). The minimum score for the total depression subscale is 0 and the maximum 30. A higher score means higher level of depressive symptoms. Scoring the RCADS-25 uses converted scores on the total scale and both sub-scales divided into scoring.

    Measured: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.

  3. Depressive symptoms by self-report

    Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a depression scale which scores each of the nine major depressive disorder DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). The minimum score is 0 and the maximum 27, with higher scores indicating more severe depressive symptoms. It has been validated for use in primary care and it is widely used to monitor the severity of depression symptoms and response to treatment.

    Measured: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.

  4. Depressive symptoms by clinical interview

    Depressive symptoms using the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R). The CDRS-R is a 17-item interview assessment of depressive symptoms for school aged children and adolescents, with item rating between 1 (no difficulties) to 5 or 7 (clinically significant difficulties). The minimum raw score is 17 and the maximum 113. A higher score means higher level of depressive symptoms. It has been proposed that a score of ≥40 indicates depressive symptomatology comparable to a diagnosis of depression, whereas a score ≤28 was often used as indicative of remission within trials.

    Measured: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Suicide Attempts

    Actual and interrupted suicide attempts (yes or no) using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).

    Measured: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Mar 2025
  2. Study startSep 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionJun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
60 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06885047
Sponsor's protocol ID
2175765-2
Other IDs
R34MH136224
Status last verified
Jul 2026
First submitted
18 Feb 2025
Last updated
13 Jul 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Basic demographics and outcome measures will be uploaded to the NIMH Data Archive with a data dictionary.

Publications

  • Duarte-Velez Y, Jimenez-Colon G, Jones RN, Spirito A. Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Latinx Adolescent with Suicidal Behaviors: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Jun;55(3):754-767. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01439-z. Epub 2022 Oct 1.

    PubMed 36183051
  • Jimenez-Colon G, Duarte-Velez Y. Raising Children in Different Cultures: Working with Latinx Youth with Suicidal Behaviors and Their Families. R I Med J (2013). 2022 May 2;105(4):31-35.

    PubMed 35476733
  • Duarte-Velez Y, Torres-Davila P, Spirito A, Polanco N, Bernal G. Development of a treatment protocol for Puerto Rican adolescents with suicidal behaviors. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2016 Mar;53(1):45-56. doi: 10.1037/pst0000044.

    PubMed 26928136

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB) and Treatment as usual in people with Suicidal Ideation/Behavior, run by Bradley Hospital at 1 site in Mexico.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 0 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Mexico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Lina D Castro, MD, M.P.H, D.Sc.P.H (+52 55 - 4160 - 5165, dralina@inprf.gob.mx), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Suicidal Ideation (time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, and baseline to 9 months.). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06885047, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jul 2026.

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