This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $2,851,692 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the effectiveness and implementation of a meditation app in addressing substance use, sexual health, and emotion regulation among justice-involved youth. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: 1) Running a hybrid type 2...
This Federal 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 and evaluate a respiration biosignal feedback feature for their EQUA mindfulness meditation mobile application. The overarching goal is to enhance user engagement and mental health outcomes for young adults (ages 18-30) using the EQUA platform. In Phase I, the funding will be used to validate the new...
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,...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $934,239 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to Anise Health Inc., a minority-owned digital mental health company, to develop culturally-sensitive digital tools that address the impact of race-based trauma and bicultural tension on mental health outcomes for Asian Americans. The 3-year project aims to 1) adapt and further develop evidence-based, culturally-sensitive digital mental health tools, 2)...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) provides $303,344 to San Diego State University Foundation to culturally tailor a mindfulness meditation mobile app to reduce psychological distress in African American adults. The 5-year research project involves three aims: (1) conducting focus groups to inform the development of an app prototype, (2) culturally...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,937,629.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a 2-year longitudinal mixed-method study on adolescents' social media management strategies, their impact on actual social media use, and the bidirectional relationship with mental health outcomes. The study will involve a national sample of 400 adolescents aged 13-17, with a preliminary phase of 100 participants and a...
This federal Project Grant award of $535,571 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to enhance the effectiveness of measurement-based care (MBC) for youth in community mental health centers (CMHCs). The award will: Define and evaluate the full continuum of MBC fidelity indicators to better understand the extent to which MBC practices are delivered. Assess the impact of MBC fidelity on the mechanisms and clinical...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $2,821,841 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of California, Irvine to conduct real-time and randomized tests of the interplay between social media use and mental health in early adolescence. The research aims to: (1) advance discovery related to bi-directional influences between social media and mental health, (2) test whether experimental modifications to social media engagement impact...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is supporting the development and validation of an AI-enabled virtual assistant app called CLAIRITY. The app aims to automate the identification of individuals at risk of suicide, depression, and anxiety, and guide them to appropriate interventions. The $458,782 award will enable the awardee, Clarigent Corporation, to characterize the effects of using an...
This $327,885 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, supports a 5-year research study on the efficacy of mindfulness activities in mitigating the global risk of mental illness. The principal investigator will conduct a mixed-methods study to compare online and offline mindfulness practices, examine efforts by mindfulness organizations, and integrate the research into an undergraduate education program....