# Continuity of Mental Health Care after Youth Hospitalization for Suicide Attempt - Administrative Supplement

> **NIH NIH K23** · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · 2020 · $53,350

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 The purpose of this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award is
to prepare Stephanie K. Doupnik, MD, MSHP for a career as an independent investigator
focused on reducing youth suicide attempts and suicides. Dr. Doupnik’s immediate goals are to
obtain the training, mentorship, and research experience necessary to successfully obtain
extramural funding to support multicenter clinical effectiveness and dissemination studies in this
area. To meet these goals, Dr. Doupnik and her mentors have developed a comprehensive
career development and research plan. The plan’s 3 components include: (a) intensive
mentorship from a team of mentors and advisors, (b) advanced training in health policy
evaluation, qualitative and mixed methods research, and healthcare operations research
methods, and (c) an innovative research plan designed to develop and test a toolkit of evidence-
based practices to support suicide prevention for young people after medical hospitalization for
suicide attempt. Although youth suicide attempts result in approximately 60,000 hospitalizations
annually, most inpatient medical hospital units do not currently implement practices to ensure
patients’ safety and continuity of mental healthcare after hospital discharge. The research
studies outlined in Dr. Doupnik’s K23 develop and pilot test a toolkit to guide implementation of
effective suicide prevention practices for youth discharged from inpatient medical hospital units
who are at risk of suicide. Aim 1, which Dr. Doupnik has completed, used large dataset
analyses to determine which hospital, outpatient, and community structures are associated with
higher rates of youth attendance at mental health follow-up after suicide attempt hospitalization
and to identify hospitals with higher performance on mental health follow-up. Aim 2, also
completed, relied on literature review and qualitative inquiry to develop a suicide prevention
toolkit to disseminate effective suicide prevention practices. The proposed administrative
supplement will support work on Aim 3, a pilot test of the youth suicide prevention toolkit
developed in Aims 1 and 2. The Aim 3 pilot test will provide data critical to preparing for a future
multi-center cluster randomized controlled trial. The proposed research is closely aligned with
the National Institute of Mental Health Strategic Priority 4.3 to develop “service delivery models
to improve dramatically the outcomes of mental health services received in diverse communities
and populations.”

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10166342
- **Project number:** 3K23MH115162-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Stephanie Doupnik
- **Activity code:** K23 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $53,350
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10166342

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10166342, Continuity of Mental Health Care after Youth Hospitalization for Suicide Attempt - Administrative Supplement (3K23MH115162-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10166342. Licensed CC0.

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