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Patient Partner Research Opportunity

Developing a Framework and Tool to Understand Suicide Motivations in Youth in the Emergency Department

Help us understand why a young person be thinking about suicide.

Closed Recruitment

Health Areas

Mental Health, Other General Health , Other Men’s Health , Anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Opportunity Purpose

Hello there! We are looking for five (5) youth ages 16 to 24 to contribute their unique voice and experiences to a meaningful research study focused on youth mental health and suicide prevention. With your help, we will develop a suicide motivation framework and assessment tool for clinicians in emergency departments. The framework and tool will help clinicians better understand why a young person might be feeling suicidal.

Details

What can you expect? - You’ll help shape the direction of the study by sharing your feedback on ideas, tools, and findings. - You’ll learn about the contemporary theories of suicide and research in the field. - You’ll be compensated for your time (if you and the research team decide participation is a good fit following the screening session and consent), with additional honorarium provided if you want to pursue your own learning about research (up to a total of 3 hours). - You will always be in control of how much you choose to share. *After you express interest, you will be directed to our online eligibility survey to answer the questions.

location

Vancouver Island / Coast

Lower Mainland

Thompson - Okanagan

Kootenay

Cariboo

North Coast and Nechako

Northeast

recruitment end date

2026-01-06

eligibility

Age: 16 Years - 24 Years Old

Research Team Information

Principal investigator

Quynh Doan

health authority affiliation

Provincial Health Services Authority

academic affiliation

University of British Columbia - Vancouver

collaborating organizations

Foundry

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