Project Grant R01MH138802

The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (operating as New York State Psychiatric Institute) $1.248 million on August 7, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to implement evidence-based early intervention services for young people with untreated psychosis in Mozambique.

The project, titled Mental Wellness Coordinated Specialty Care (MWELL-CSC) in Mozambique, develops and deploys a patient-centered digital mental wellness platform integrated with coordinated specialty care combining medication management and psychosocial interventions. The work addresses the absence of early intervention services for new-onset psychosis in low- and middle-income countries, where 80 percent of people developing psychosis reside and where duration of untreated psychosis is twice that in high-income countries. The recipient builds on established partnerships with the Mozambique Ministry of Health, local and global researchers, traditional healers, and community health committees operating across 64 rural primary care clinics. The intervention uses technology-based screening and community-based participatory service design to reduce duration of untreated psychosis, symptom severity, relapse, treatment discontinuation, hospitalization rates, and disability and caregiver burden, while improving social and occupational functioning.

Performance occurs in Mozambique with administrative oversight in New York. The project period runs through July 31, 2031. The award is classified as a Project Grant, an assistance type supporting specified research projects.