Research Highlights Archives

Research Highlights

The following studies highlight key research designs, settings, populations, and interventions in CSPAR faculty research. Please see All Research for a full catalog of CSPAR-Affiliated research.

Searchlight – Using Search Engine Data for Detection and Early Intervention in Suicide Prevention

At a glance

Funded by: NIMH 2021-2024

Principal Investigator(s): Kate Comtois Trevor Cohen

Research Team: Amanda Kerbrat Payton Smythe Natalie Crouch Anna Sipowicz

Participating Agencies:

Research Setting: Fully Online

Suicide Care Research Center – All hands on deck to care for adolescents and young adults who are contemplating suicide.

At a glance

Funded by: NIMH 2023-2028

Principal Investigator(s): Kate Comtois

Research Team: Juliann Salisbury

Participating Agencies: UW Medicine Community Health Plan of Washington Seattle Children's

Research Setting: Seattle Children’s Hospital University of Washington Primary Care Clinics

VCL – Randomized Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Campaign

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Funded by: VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) 2019-2024

Principal Investigator(s): Mark Reger, PhD (in partnership with the Veterans Crisis Line)

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Research Setting: Veterans Crisis Line in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

PARS – Preventing Addiction Related Suicide: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial

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Funded by: NIDA 2016-2021

Principal Investigator(s): Kate Comtois Richard Ries

Research Team: Amanda Kerbrat, Anna Evanson

Participating Agencies: Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers Olalla Recovery Centers Evergreen Recovery Centers Northwest Integrated Health

Research Setting: Community Addiction Intensive Outpatient Programs

OWL – Operation Worth Living: A RCT of CAMS vs enhanced TAU in the US Army

At a glance

Funded by: Department of Defense 2010-2016

Principal Investigator(s): David Jobes Kate Comtois Pete Guierrez Lisa Brenner

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Research Setting: military outpatient behavioral health clinic

CARE – Caring Texts: A Strength-based, Suicide Prevention Trial in Four Native Communities

At a glance

Funded by: NIMH 2016-2024

Principal Investigator(s): Lonnie Nelson Kate Comtois

Research Team: Amanda Kerbrat Barbara Wright Anna Evanson

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Research Setting: Five native communities in Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Alaska

Synopsis:

CARE is a study of two-way pragmatic randomized controlled trial Caring Contacts in five native communities across the US.

CARES: Collaborative Adolescent Research on Emotions and Suicide: An RCT of DBT for Adolescents

At a glance

Funded by: NIMH 2011-2016

Principal Investigator(s): Marsha Linehan

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Participating Agencies: Seattle Children’s Hospital Harbor UCLA

Research Setting: University of Washington Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics University of California Los Angeles

Synopsis:

A two-site randomized controlled trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and individual and group supportive therapy with suicidal adolescents

ASSIST – Advancing Intervention Strategies for Teens During High Risk Periods

At a glance

Funded by: NIMH August 2021- August 2026

Principal Investigator(s): Molly Adrian

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Participating Agencies: Seattle Children’s Hospital Nationwide Children's Hospital

Research Setting: Outpatient Medical Setting