Digital Data in Mental Health Therapy

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

115 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-21

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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The Use of Patient Electronic Communication in Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment intends to better understand how digital data, social media, and electronic communication can be used in mental health therapy.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depressive Symptoms Anxiety Generalized

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Participants will receive a personalized digital data dashboards throughout the two-month study period.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Digital data

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Receiving digital data prior to a scheduled mental health session

Usual Care

Usual care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Digital data

Receiving digital data prior to a scheduled mental health session

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Between 18-65 years of age
2. Primarily English speaking (for language analysis)
3. Willing to share at least one digital data source this includes Facebook, Google searches, YouTube searches, or screen time by downloading a free application (app) on their smartphone.
4. Regular activity viewing and posting on social media sites, defined as once a month posting
5. Has a mental or behavioral health provider and/or has a provider from the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists and currently enrolled in mental or behavioral therapy
6. Attends therapy at least once a month and intends to remain in therapy for the next three months
7. Willing to share dashboard with their behavioral health provider
8. Able to provide informed consent
9. Owns a smartphone
10. If the patient downloads an app, they are willing to download and keep an app on their phone for 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Under 18 years of age
2. Non-English speaker
3. Patient is in severe distress, e.g. respiratory, physical, or emotional distress
4. Patient is intoxicated, unconscious, or unable to appropriately respond to questions
5. Not currently enrolled in mental therapy
6. Not expected to remain in mental therapy for the next three months
7. Not a regular social media poster, or does not use Facebook and/or Instagram and/or not willing to share
8. Unwilling to share social media summary dashboard with behavioral health provider
9. Patient with diagnosed psychosis
10. Does not own a smartphone
11. Unwilling to download and keep an app on their phone for 3 months

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes