Preventing Suicide After Release from Jail: Assessing the Effects of the Suicide Prevention Intervention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition (SPIRIT)

• In Event: NIJ: Reducing Harm to Incarcerated Persons and Corrections Staff - Multidisciplinary Corrections Research Efforts at the National Institute of Justice

Abstract

The National Institute of Mental Health and NIJ are supporting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in two jail systems to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Stanley and Brown’s Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) to reduce suicide events (attempts, suicide behaviors, suicide-related hospitalizations, and suicide deaths) in the year following jail release. The sample will include 800 male and female pretrial jail detainees who are at risk for suicide events. The presentation will provide project updates and next steps.

Author

• Jennifer E. Johnson, Michigan State University