Learning emotion skills to reduce suicide risk in psychosis

This study is testing whether a skills-based therapy program called Dialectical Behavior Therapy can help people with psychosis manage intense emotions and reduce thoughts of suicide. People with psychosis are at very high risk for suicide, but they are rarely included in suicide prevention research. This trial aims to fill that gap by teaching practical emotion management tools to this vulnerable group.

People with psychosis have some of the highest suicide rates of any mental health condition, yet most suicide prevention programs have not been tested in this population. Researchers believe that difficulty managing emotions is a major driver of suicide risk in psychosis, but this has not been thoroughly studied. This trial exists to understand whether addressing emotion dysregulation can save lives.