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Context-Aware Mobile Intervention for Social Recovery in Serious Mental Illness (R33)

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests mobile Social Interaction Therapy by Exposure (mSITE), a therapy that uses mobile technology to help people take part in social activities. It is for adults ages 18 to 65 who have a serious mental illness and avoid social contact.

This randomized clinical trial will test a new technology-supported blended intervention, mobile Social Interaction Therapy by Exposure (mSITE), that targets social engagement in consumers with serious mental illness.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be ages 18 to 65.
  • Be able to understand the study and freely agree to join.
  • Have schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, or major depression with a history of psychosis (trouble knowing what is real). This will be checked through an interview and available health records.
  • Have a score of at least 2 on a rating scale item that measures avoiding social contact.
  • Be willing and able to speak English and read at least at a 6th-grade level to use the therapy workbook.

Who can't join

  • Had cognitive-behavioral therapy (therapy to change patterns of thinking and behavior) in the past 2 years.
  • Have more than moderate trouble organizing thoughts, with a score above 5 on the study's rating scale item.
  • Had alcohol or drug dependence in the past 3 months, based on an interview.
  • Need care that prevents taking part in outpatient therapy, such as a hospital stay or care for a severe medical illness.
  • Cannot see a phone well enough or use it with your hands.
  • Live in a housing facility that also provides treatment services.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary informed consent to participate and capacity to consent; Age 18 to 65; * Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar I disorder or major depression with history of psychosis based on a diagnostic interview and available medical record review; * Minimum level of social avoidance defined by a score of ≥ 2 on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) asociality item; * Be willing and able to speak English at ≥ 6th grade reading level (to read intervention workbook). Exclusion Criteria: * Prior cognitive-behavioral therapy in the past 2 years; * Greater than moderate disorganization on the PANSS (P2- Disorganization item \>5); * Alcohol or substance dependence in past 3 months based on the diagnostic interview; * Level of care required interferes with outpatient therapy (e.g., hospitalized; severe medical illness); * Unable to adequately see or manually manipulate a phone; * Resident of an integrated housing facility that also provides treatment services.

Study sites (1)

CA