Following the previous post, may I also include reducing participants’ suicidal ideation as a potential outcome in our program evaluation design? It seems quite reasonable based on the relationship between anxiety and suicidal ideation among young people.

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There is developing evidence that digital interventions, including apps, can be effective in the reduction of suicidal ideation. However, you need to be aware that the overall effect sizes are small and there appear to be specific benefits associated with apps based on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), sleep-focused CBT, and evaluative conditioning. Therefore, the impact on suicide outcomes, such as suicide plans and attempts, remains less clear. In the small number of studies that report these outcomes, observed effects for these outcomes did not reach significance, although tended to favor digital interventions.