An interventional study of Crisis Ready Training in Suicide, Overdose Accidental and Overdose Antidote, sponsored by RAND. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-30.
Sponsored by RAND · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This pilot study evaluates the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of a new crisis response training called Crisis Ready.
The study team conducted formative work to develop a new crisis response training for people involved in a law-enforcement assisted diversion program. The training, called Crisis Ready, combines an intervention that aims to promote use of 988 with a training on the use of Naloxone to reverse and overdose. The pilot aims to collect quantitative and qualitative data about the perceptions of the training among program participants and program staff.
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This is an open label pilot of a new psychoeducational Intervention called the Crisis Ready Training. The intervention combines Crisis Line Facilitation and Take Home Naloxone trainings.
Behavioral: Crisis Ready Training
Crisis Ready Training combines Crisis Line Facilitation with Take Home Naloxone training. The intervention is delivered in a group format.
Acceptability of Intervention Measure
Participants' perspectives of the likability of the intervention. Scores range from 4 to 20, with higher scores indicating higher levels of acceptability.
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Intervention Appropriateness Measure
Measures the fit of the intervention for the population. Scores range from 4 to 20 with higher scores indicating higher levels of appropriateness.
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Perceptions of the Crisis Ready Training
Participants rating of the quality of Crisis Ready and willingness to recommend the intervention to others
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Attitudes About 988
Two-item assessments of comfort using 988 for oneself or others during a crisis. Responses are gathered from a Likert-type scale that ranges from 0 (not comfortable at all) to 10 (totally comfortable). Higher scores indicate higher levels of comfort using 988 for self or others.
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Perception of 988
Perceptions of 988 utilization and couneslors
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Knowledge of Naloxone
Author created measure of knowledge about how to administer naloxone and where to obtain naloxone.
Time frame: Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Attitudes About Naloxone
Four-item, author developed measures about comfort carrying and using naloxone in different circumstances. Responses are gathered from a Likert-type scale that ranges from 0 (not comfortable at all) to 10 (totally comfortable). Higher scores indicate higher levels of comfort carrying and using naloxone in different circumstances.
Time frame: Pre- and Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day)
Participants were recruited from the Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program.
| Milestone | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Started | 27 |
| Completed | 23 |
| Not completed | 4 |
| Withdrew: Principal investigator decision | 4 |
Participants' perspectives of the likability of the intervention. Scores range from 4 to 20, with higher scores indicating higher levels of acceptability.
| units on a scale | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Acceptability of Intervention Measure | 17.74 ± 2.42 |
Measures the fit of the intervention for the population. Scores range from 4 to 20 with higher scores indicating higher levels of appropriateness.
| units on a scale | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Intervention Appropriateness Measure | 17.91 ± 2.39 |
Participants rating of the quality of Crisis Ready and willingness to recommend the intervention to others
| Participants | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Rated the intervention quality as good or excellent | 22 |
| Would recommend the training to others | 20 |
Two-item assessments of comfort using 988 for oneself or others during a crisis. Responses are gathered from a Likert-type scale that ranges from 0 (not comfortable at all) to 10 (totally comfortable). Higher scores indicate higher levels of comfort using 988 for self or others.
| units on a scale | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Comfort Contacting 988 for Self (pre-test) | 7.26 ± 2.56 |
| Comfort Contacting 988 for Self (post-test) | 8.65 ± 2.17 |
| Comfort Contacting 988 for Others (pre-test) | 7.87 ± 2.47 |
| Comfort Contacting 988 for Others (post-test) | 8.78 ± 1.68 |
Perceptions of 988 utilization and couneslors
| Participants | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Agreed that they got a good sense of what it is like to call 988 | 23 |
| Agreed that the 988 counselor listened | 21 |
Author created measure of knowledge about how to administer naloxone and where to obtain naloxone.
| Participants | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Know how to administer naloxone (pre-intervention) | 16 |
| Know how to administer naloxone (post-intervention) | 22 |
| Know where to get naloxone (pre-intervention) | 16 |
| Know where to get naloxone (post-intervention) | 16 |
Four-item, author developed measures about comfort carrying and using naloxone in different circumstances. Responses are gathered from a Likert-type scale that ranges from 0 (not comfortable at all) to 10 (totally comfortable). Higher scores indicate higher levels of comfort carrying and using naloxone in different circumstances.
| units on a scale | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Comfort carrying naloxone (pre-intervention) | 6.96 ± 3.12 |
| Comfort carrying naloxone (post-intervention) | 7.78 ± 2.68 |
| Comfort carrying naloxone if using drugs (pre-intervention) | 7.39 ± 2.96 |
| Comfort carrying naloxone if using drugs (post-intervention) | 8.30 ± 2.22 |
| Comfort using naloxone to reverse an overdose (pre-intervention) | 6.74 ± 3.36 |
| Comfort using naloxone to reverse an overdose (post-intervention) | 7.87 ± 3.31 |
| Comfort showing others how to use naloxone (pre-intervention) | 6.74 ± 3.32 |
| Comfort showing others how to use naloxone (post-intervention) | 8.39 ± 2.67 |
Collected over Pre- and Post-intervention (approximately 90 minutes on one day). Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisis Ready Training | 0/23 (0%) | 0/23 (0%) | 0/23 (0%) |
| Age, Customized(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| <= 18 | 23 |
| Sex/Gender, Customized(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Female | 4 |
| Male | 19 |
| Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|
| Access to a cell phone(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Count of participants | 20 |
| Heard of 988 Before Baseline(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Count of participants | 12 |
| Heard of Naloxone Before Baseline(Participants) | Crisis Ready Training |
|---|---|
| Count of participants | 22 |
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Plan to share: Yes — De-identified quantitative data will be stored and shared by The National Center for Health and Criminal-Legal Systems Integration for Suicide Prevention.
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