mHealth for Mental Health Program
Low and Middle Income Countries
mHealth Implementation in the United States
This project was funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and was a collaboration between The University of Washington and community mental health agencies in New Hampshire, Missouri, and Washington.
FOCUS is a smartphone-based self-management program shown to encourage treatment and improve symptoms for patients with serious mental illness. The goal of this implementation project was to make FOCUS a part of regular care mental health clinics and support clinicians' implementation of FOCUS for patients.
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We implemented FOCUS at 27 mental health clinics in New Hampshire, Missouri, and Washington.
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We made training available to agency staff who serve as support specialists for the mHealth program.
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191 people downloaded and enrolled in the FOCUS program. 163 people (85%) used the app at least twice.
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FOCUS users reported satisfaction with the app, clinicians reported that the program is acceptable and feasible
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FOCUS users had a reduction in depression
To read the full project summary report, click here.
Our Partners
FOCUS
FOCUS is an evidence-based self-management smartphone intervention designed to support the recovery of people with schizophrenia.
FOCUS is available on both Android and iOS for the purposes of this study.
Training
The FOCUS mHealth training manual and supportive tools were adapted to a digital asynchronous curriculum hosted on a learning management system. The training was tailored to suit the roles and responsibilities of various clinical stakeholders - including supervisors, clinicians, and mHealth Support Specialists.