Table 1

(1.0) Training

(1.1) Research staff training

[2, 3, 6, 28,29,30,31,32]

[33,34,35,36]

(1.2) Team building

[29]

(1.3) Establishing relevant experience, delineating roles, and ensuring qualifications for the research team

[3, 6, 15, 37, 38]

[39,40,41]

(1.4) Follow-up and debriefing with research staff

[2, 6, 16, 28, 30, 37, 38]

[40]

(2.0) Educational Resources: Research Staff

(2.1) Resources, procedures, and guidelines

[29]

[42]

(2.2) Flow charts and algorithms

[1, 3, 6, 14, 29, 30]

[43,44,45,46]

(2.3) Electronic prompts/Pop-up alerts

[30]

[46]

(2.4) Templates and general principals

[1, 16, 47]

[33]

(3.0) Educational Resources: Research Participants

(3.1) Written materials

[3, 15, 16, 32, 48,49,50]

[33, 35, 36, 42, 43, 51]

(3.2) Immediate support services

[1, 2, 14, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53]

[34, 40, 43, 44, 46]

(3.3) Available mental health services

[2, 3, 14, 16, 49, 52,53,54]

[41, 43]

(3.4) Social support person

[2, 3, 52]

[42]

(4.0) Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

(4.1) Implementation of a structured and explicit suicide and risk management protocol

[6, 14,15,16, 29, 31, 32, 38, 50, 52, 55]

[34, 36, 51]

(4.2) Identification of risk level

[3, 30, 37, 47, 50, 54]

[34, 36, 39, 42, 44, 51]

(4.3) Utilization and scoring of validated risk assessment measures

[14, 30, 32, 37, 50, 52, 55]

[33, 35, 43, 46]

(5.0) Clinical and Research Oversight

(5.1) Use of a data and safety monitoring board or a data monitoring plan

[1,2,3, 6, 29, 31]

[56]

(5.2) Safety and risk monitoring

[6, 16, 29, 37]

[46, 56]

(5.3) Clinical back-up during research assessments

[1, 6, 14, 29, 30, 37, 38, 50, 54]

[44, 56]