This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is focused on harnessing smartphone technology to detect affective disturbances and predict future depression risk in adolescents. The $759,581 award will support a 4.5-year research project conducted by The Mclean Hospital Corporation, a nonprofit psychiatric research institution. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a personalized machine...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $792,441 to The Mclean Hospital Corporation to conduct research on stress responses and depression risk in female adolescents. The key goals are to investigate dynamic changes in brain network activity, psychophysiological measures, and behavioral markers of stress among adolescents with and without a parental history of major depressive disorder...
This $380,160 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the adaptation and implementation of a Caring Contacts intervention delivered via text message for suicidal adolescents following emergency department discharge. The project aims to: 1) adapt the Caring Contacts intervention to align with adolescent preferences, 2) develop a multicomponent implementation strategy for delivering Caring...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and pilot a brief digital intervention for parents of pre- and early adolescent children at risk of suicide. The $256,627 award will fund the creation and testing of a single-session intervention (SSI) and a just-in-time digital intervention (JIT) to support parents in responding effectively to suicide risk alerts received through digital...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $291,447 to Equa Health, Inc. to develop a new respiration biosignal feedback technology for their EQUA mindfulness meditation mobile application. The goal is to improve user engagement and outcomes for young adults experiencing mental distress and loneliness. In Phase I, the project will validate the respiration biosignal feedback tool and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $431,106 to Brown University to investigate a multi-level approach leveraging innovative, culturally appropriate technology-assisted methods to reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors and promote mental health among Colombian youth. The key products and services being delivered include: Development of a digital platform for Colombian youth with...
This federal Project Grant award of $196,875.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to study emotion regulation as a mechanism for suicidal ideation among individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P). The research, conducted by The Ohio State University, will use ecological momentary assessment (EMA), wearable sensors, and smartphone-based technology to 1) estimate the effect sizes for unique and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to investigate longitudinal trajectories and social mechanisms of depression in adolescent girls with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The $509,310.95 award, with a period of performance from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028, will support three complementary studies at the University of Texas at Austin: Mapping depression symptom trajectories in girls with...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, aims to develop prototype machine learning (ML) algorithms to facilitate the analysis of longitudinal data on juvenile-onset depression (JOD). The $234,231 award to the University of Pittsburgh will demonstrate the application of probabilistic graphical modeling and ensemble learning methods to leverage the wealth of data on multiple domains of...
This Project Grant award of $469,159, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports research on the relationships between social media use and suicidal ideation among high-risk adolescents. The project will utilize intensive monitoring approaches, including smartphone sensing and ecological momentary assessment, to examine how patterns of positive and negative social media use relate to suicidal ideation over...