This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants will fund a randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-delivered treatment targeting suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). The award of $391,894 will support a study to evaluate the safety, acceptability, and efficacy of a classical conditioning-based intervention called Therapeutic Evaluative Condition for Suicide (TEC-S) that aims to increase suicide aversion. The study...
This federal Project Grant award of $780,698 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to optimize the integration of human and digital support in a meditation app for depression and anxiety. The key products and services to be delivered include: The proposed study will conduct a hybrid factorial and micro-randomized trial to evaluate the effects of introductory coaching, on-demand email-based coaching, and digital...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $759,581 to The Mclean Hospital Corporation to develop a data-driven approach for predicting and interrupting states of high negative affective distress in adolescents. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Using a personalized machine learning approach to accurately predict states of high negative affect (e.g., sadness,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,340,333 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of tele-delivered behavioral activation delivered by trained lay counselors (Tele-BA-S) to prevent post-stroke depression in low-income, older stroke survivors with subthreshold depression. The 5-year project aims to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $178,319 to the University of California, San Diego to develop and test a personalized suicide prevention intervention called PRECISE. The project aims to leverage intensive longitudinal data and network science techniques to tailor evidence-based treatments, such as safety planning and dialectical behavior therapy skills, to individual clients...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $348,756 to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to develop a mobile health (mHealth) intervention that provides psychosocial and self-management support to postpartum individuals recovering from opioid use disorder (OUD). The intervention, grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) principles, will be iteratively developed...
This $386,266 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the development of "CLUTTER-GO", a digital health platform to facilitate delivery and adherence to evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals with hoarding disorder. The CLUTTER-GO platform will consist of a web-based clinician portal and a patient-facing mobile app designed to improve patient...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $661,237 over 5 years to The Ohio State University to conduct research on optimizing brief coping skills interventions for suicide prevention. The study aims to intensively characterize the contexts in which patients at high risk for suicide are most likely to use and benefit from their safety planning interventions, leveraging technology and...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $196,875 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to The Ohio State University to conduct research on "Digital Monitoring of Emotion Regulation and Suicidal Ideation Among Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis". The 2-year study aims to examine emotion regulation as a mechanism for suicidal ideation in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis, using ecological momentary assessment, wearable...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Sep 16, 2024. The grant, titled "RCT of a Measurement Feedback App to Improve Data Quality, Supervision & Outcomes in Behavioral Health", will fund the development and evaluation of a mobile application called "FOOTSTEPS" to improve data collection and quality in community behavioral health settings....