This $256,627 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 test a digital intervention to support parents of pre- and early adolescents in responding effectively to suicide risk alerts generated by a digital monitoring app. The key activities include: Engaging 20 parents who use the digital monitoring app to co-create and refine a single-session intervention (SSI) and just-in-time...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) totaling $698,328 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop and pilot a Just-In-Time Training (JITT) implementation strategy to equip youth mentors and supervisors in rural communities to deliver an evidence-based preventive intervention for youth mental health. The project aims to optimize the usability, feasibility, and acceptability of the JITT-EBP approach, 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 develop and pilot test the Navigate-Train-Referral-Intervention Mental Health (NTRI-MH) intervention. The goal is to promote access, engagement, coordination, and optimization of mental health services for preschoolers with mental health symptoms, particularly those from low-income and minority backgrounds. The $240,750 award to Children's...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 4-year, $640,196 Project Grant (R01MH137697) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The Johns Hopkins University to investigate suicide risk and protective factors among economically disadvantaged, preteen Black youth. The study aims to characterize the severity and course of suicide ideation and behaviors in this population, identify risk and protective factors, and determine the impact of early preventive...
This $183,056 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA Program 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants supports research by Dr. Catherine Ettman at The Johns Hopkins University to study the impact of out-of-pocket healthcare costs and clinical operations features on psychiatric appointment no-show rates among patients with depression. The key objectives are to: 1) test whether higher out-of-pocket costs increase psychiatric appointment no-shows, 2)...
This $3,412,446 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) will support an integrated research and knowledge generation effort focused on optimizing engagement and preventing disengagement in coordinated specialty care (CSC) for youth with first episode psychosis (FEP). The award will leverage the Connection Learning Healthcare System (CLHS), a two-state learning healthcare system and Early Psychosis Intervention Network...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is funding a research project titled "Caring Contacts via Text Message for Suicidal Adolescents After Emergency Department Discharge." The $380,160 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, supports the adaptation and implementation of a caring contacts intervention delivered via text message for adolescents...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $295,234 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to 3-C Institute For Social Development Inc. (3C Institute), a woman-owned small business located in Durham, North Carolina. The purpose of this award is to develop ASSIST-MH, a new interactive digital support system for school mental health (SMH) providers to help address the growing mental health needs of students. The ASSIST-MH product will offer an innovative suite of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) supports the development of digital strategies to advance help-seeking in youth at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. The $2,005,780 award, with an initial period of performance from August 1, 2024 to May 31, 2028, will fund a collaborative effort between the Trustees of Columbia University, Mental Health America, and the University of California, San Francisco. The key...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $857,060 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The grant funds a research study titled "Social-Ecological and Individual Determinants of the Course of Suicidal Ideation & Attempt Among African Americans from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood". The study aims to: 1) identify trajectories of suicidal ideation and behavior among Black...