A Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Suicidal Ideation

Measure S1: Number or category of patient and intervention characteristics

Demographic data extraction will include gender, age, race, ethnicity, religious preferences, service branch, service connection, percent of service connection, diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse disorder (SUD) diagnosis, medical diagnosis, and medical diagnosis. In addition, the following factors will also be tracked: the group the participant has been placed in, admission date, consent date, the four intervention dates ( if participant is placed in the treatment group), post-intervention date, and one-month post-intervention date.

Time frame: throughout the study

Measure S2: Change in psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency room visits for psychiatric illness, and emergency room visits

The change in psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency room visits for psychiatric illness, and emergency room visits, as measured by retrospective review of the electronic medical record, among the MB-SI + TAU cohort will be compared to the TAU only cohort.

Time frame: before the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (IPU) admission, one-month before the IPU admission, and one-month after the discharge from the IPU

Measure S3: Change in TMS among the MB-SI + TAU cohort compared to the TAU only cohort

Determine if there is a significant difference in state or trait mindfulness, as measured by the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS), among the MB-SI + TAU cohort compared to the TAU only cohort. The TMS consists of 2 subscales: curiosity and decentering. Altogether, the TMS includes 13 statements rated on a scale from 0 = not at all, to 4 = very much. Higher values represent higher state of mindfulness.