A text messaging intervention to support the mental health of young adults: User engagement and feedback from a field trial of an intervention prototype.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults have high rates of mental health conditions, but most do not want or cannot access treatment. By leveraging a medium that young adults routinely use, text messaging programs have potential to keep young adults engaged with content supporting self-management of mental health issues and can be delivered inexpensively at scale. We designed an intervention that imparts strategies for self-managing mental health symptoms through interactive text messaging dialogues and engages users through novelty and variety in strategies (from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and positive psychology) and styles of interaction (e.g., prompts, peer stories, writing tasks).

Methods

The aim of this mixed-methods study was to pilot 1- and 2-we

SUBMITTER: Kornfield R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature