Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies

Recent Publications

  1. Cohen KA, Bruns E, Lyon A, Raviv T, Becker S, Schleider JL  Advancing implementation of single session interventions in schools: a protocol for a qualitative study.  Implement Sci Commun  2025 May 07;6(1):54. pii:54
  2. Schleider JL, Zapata JP, Rapoport A, Wescott A, Ghosh A, Kaveladze B, Szkody E, Ahuvia IL  Single-Session Interventions for Mental Health Problems and Service Engagement: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.  Annu Rev Clin Psychol  2025 May;21(1):279-303. doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081423-025033
  3. Kruger M, Goldschmidt AB, Ortega A, Wharton A, Chapa DAN, Stalvey ER, Rooper IR, Obleada KT, Miller GC, Graham AK  Applying design to design: demonstrating how to create a human-centered design session interview guide for use with adolescents.  Front Digit Health  2025;7:1507517. pii:1507517
  4. Green EA, Schneider KL, Chang A, Feinstein BA, Rooper IR, Wildes JE, Graham AK  Exploring Drivers of Binge Eating in Individuals With Food Insecurity and Recurrent Binge Eating: A Qualitative Analysis.  Int J Eat Disord  2025 Apr 02;. doi:10.1002/eat.24434
  5. Rooper IR, Azubuike C, Ortega A, Miller GC, Parsons LM, Lipman LD, Kruger M, Flynn RL, Silverberg B, Wildes JE  et al.  'Harder to reach' versus reaching harder: Exploring preferred dissemination pathways to a digital binge-eating intervention for adults with or at risk of food insecurity.  Eat Behav  2025 Mar 24;57:101970. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.101970
  6. Rooper IR, Ortega A, Massion TA, Lakhtakia T, Kruger M, Parsons LM, Lipman LD, Azubuike C, Tack E, Obleada KT  et al.  Optimizing Testimonials for Behavior Change in a Digital Intervention for Binge Eating: Human-Centered Design Study.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Mar 21;9:e59691. pii:e59691
  7. Knapp AA, Cohen K, Kruzan KP, Kornfield R, Herrera M, Pederson AB, Lee S, Macapagal K, Roulston CA, Clarke K  et al.  Teen Perspectives on Integrating Digital Mental Health Programs for Teens Into Public Libraries ("I Was Always at the Library"): Qualitative Interview Study.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Mar 13;9:e67454. pii:e67454
  8. Cohen KA, Bruns EJ, Schleider JL  Debate: Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions? Tensions in prevention - To build better school-based programming, we must start with what we know.  Child Adolesc Ment Health  2025 Feb 28;. doi:10.1111/camh.12758
  9. Kruzan KP, Washburn JJ, Aaby D, Nguyen T, Mohr DC  Subgroups of non-suicidal self-injury in a large diverse sample of online help-seekers.  Front Psychiatry  2025;16:1513685. pii:1513685
  10. Meyerhoff J, Popowski SA, Lakhtakia T, Tack E, Kornfield R, Kruzan KP, Krause CJ, Nguyen T, Rushton K, Pisani AR  et al.  Automated Digital Safety Planning Interventions for Young Adults: Qualitative Study Using Online Co-design Methods.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Feb 26;9:e69602. pii:e69602
  11. Obleada KT, Ortega A, Rooper IR, Parsons LM, Kruger M, Azubuike C, Lipman LD, Chen D, Wildes JE, Graham AK  Exploring pathways between internalized weight bias, eating disorder psychopathology, and weight loss expectations in treatment-seeking adults with binge eating and obesity.  Eat Weight Disord  2025 Feb 21;30(1):17. pii:17
  12. Rooper IR, Liem WW, Burla M, Gordon J, Baez LM, Kornfield R, Berry ABL  Designing Values Elicitation Technologies for Mental Health and Chronic Care Integration: User-Centered Design Approach.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Feb 19;9:e68419. pii:e68419
  13. Mohr DC, Silverman AL, Youn SJ, Areán P, Bertagnolli A, Carl J, Carlton T, Chaudhary N, Cooper D, DeVito S  et al.  Digital mental health treatment implementation playbook: successful practices from implementation experiences in American healthcare organizations.  Front Digit Health  2025;7:1509387. pii:1509387
  14. Schleider JL, Smock A, Ahuvia IL, Walubita T, Rapoport AS, Hill S, Purtle J  State Parental Consent Law and Treatment Use Among Adolescents With Depression.  JAMA Pediatr  2025 Feb 01;179(2):209-212. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5361
  15. Ortega A, Rooper IR, Massion T, Azubuike C, Lipman LD, Lakhtakia T, Camino MK, Parsons LM, Tack E, Alshurafa N  et al.  Co-designing prediction data visualizations for a digital binge eating intervention.  Transl Behav Med  2025 Jan 16;15(1). pii:ibaf009
  16. Stiles-Shields C, Reyes KM, Lakhtakia T, Smith SR, Barnas OE, Gray EL, Krause CJ, Kruzan KP, Kwasny MJ, Mir Z  et al.  Correction: A personal sensing technology enabled service versus a digital psychoeducation control for primary care patients with depression and anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.  BMC Psychiatry  2025 Jan 02;25(1):4. pii:4
  17. Last BS, Jans LK, Schleider JL  A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Training Psychologists' Burnout.  Behav Ther  2025 Jan;56(1):162-176. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2024.06.004
  18. Rooper IR, Lewis-Thames MW, Graham AK  Beyond usability: Designing digital health interventions for implementation with older adults.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2024 Nov 28;. doi:10.1111/jgs.19286
  19. Stiles-Shields C, Reyes KM, Lakhtakia T, Smith SR, Barnas OE, Gray EL, Krause CJ, Kruzan KP, Kwasny MJ, Mir Z  et al.  A personal sensing technology enabled service versus a digital psychoeducation control for primary care patients with depression and anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.  BMC Psychiatry  2024 Nov 19;24(1):828. pii:828
  20. Simon G, Moise N, Mohr DC  Management of Depression-Reply.  JAMA  2024 Nov 19;332(19):1674-1675. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.18405
  21. Graham AK, Azubuike C, Johnson L, Parsons LM, Lipman LD, Rooper IR, Ortega A, Kruger Camino M, Miller G, Jia J  et al.  Partnering With Food Pantries to Disseminate and Implement Eating Disorder Interventions.  Int J Eat Disord  2024 Sep;57(9):1811-1815. doi:10.1002/eat.24240
  22. Simon GE, Moise N, Mohr DC  Management of Depression in Adults: A Review.  JAMA  2024 Jul 09;332(2):141-152. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5756
  23. Kruzan KP, Biernesser C, Hoffmann JA, Meyerhoff J  Digital Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors.  Curr Treat Options Psychiatry  2024 Jun;11(2):76-89. doi:10.1007/s40501-024-00318-9
  24. Cruz S, Lu C, Ulloa M, Redding A, Hester J, Jacobs M  Perceptions of Wearable Health Tools Post the COVID-19 Emergency in Low-Income Latin Communities: Qualitative Study.  JMIR Mhealth Uhealth  2024 May 08;12:e50826. pii:e50826
  25. Graham AK  Digital Interventions to Close the Treatment Gap for Binge Eating.  JAMA Netw Open  2024 May 01;7(5):e2411108. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.11108
  26. Ahuvia IL, Sotomayor I, Kwong K, Lam FW, Mirza A, Schleider JL  Causal beliefs about mental illness: A scoping review.  Soc Sci Med  2024 Mar;345:116670. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116670
  27. Pinder JB, Ahuvia IL, Chen S, Schleider JL  Beliefs about depression relate to active and avoidant coping in high-symptom adolescents.  J Affect Disord  2024 Feb 01;346:299-302. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.026
  28. Meyerhoff J, Beltzer M, Popowski S, Karr CJ, Nguyen T, Williams JJ, Krause CJ, Kumar H, Bhattacharjee A, Mohr DC  et al.  Small Steps over time: A longitudinal usability test of an automated interactive text messaging intervention to support self-management of depression and anxiety symptoms.  J Affect Disord  2024 Jan 15;345:122-130. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.119
  29. Stamatis CA, Meyerhoff J, Meng Y, Lin ZCC, Cho YM, Liu T, Karr CJ, Liu T, Curtis BL, Ungar LH  et al.  Differential temporal utility of passively sensed smartphone features for depression and anxiety symptom prediction: a longitudinal cohort study.  Npj Ment Health Res  2024 Jan 04;3(1):1. pii:1
  30. Li H, Zhang R, Lee YC, Kraut RE, Mohr DC  Systematic review and meta-analysis of AI-based conversational agents for promoting mental health and well-being.  NPJ Digit Med  2023 Dec 19;6(1):236. pii:236
  31. Stamatis CA, Liu T, Meyerhoff J, Meng Y, Cho YM, Karr CJ, Curtis BL, Ungar LH, Mohr DC  Specific associations of passively sensed smartphone data with future symptoms of avoidance, fear, and physiological distress in social anxiety.  Internet Interv  2023 Dec;34:100683. pii:100683
  32. Meyerhoff J, Kornfield R, Lattie EG, Knapp AA, Kruzan KP, Jacobs M, Stamatis CA, Taple BJ, Beltzer ML, Berry ABL  et al.  From formative design to service-ready therapeutic: A pragmatic approach to designing digital mental health interventions across domains.  Internet Interv  2023 Dec;34:100677. pii:100677
  33. Kornfield R, Stamatis CA, Bhattacharjee A, Pang B, Nguyen T, Williams JJ, Kumar H, Popowski S, Beltzer M, Karr CJ  et al.  A text messaging intervention to support the mental health of young adults: User engagement and feedback from a field trial of an intervention prototype.  Internet Interv  2023 Dec;34:100667. pii:100667
  34. Ghosh A, Cohen KA, Jans L, Busch CA, McDanal R, Yang Y, Cooper KM, Schleider JL  A Digital Single-Session Intervention (Project Engage) to Address Fear of Negative Evaluation Among College Students: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.  JMIR Ment Health  2023 Nov 23;10:e48926. pii:e48926
  35. Szkody E, Chang YW, Schleider JL  Serving the Underserved? Uptake, Effectiveness, and Acceptability of Digital SSIs for Rural American Adolescents.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol  2023 Nov 06;:1-14. doi:10.1080/15374416.2023.2272935
  36. Loades ME, Schleider JL  Technology Matters: Online, self-help single session interventions could expand current provision, improving early access to help for young people with depression symptoms, including minority groups.  Child Adolesc Ment Health  2023 Nov;28(4):559-561. doi:10.1111/camh.12659
  37. Mohr DC, Meyerhoff J, Schueller SM  Postmarket Surveillance for Effective Regulation of Digital Mental Health Treatments.  Psychiatr Serv  2023 Nov 01;74(11):1114-1115. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20230010
  38. Beltzer ML, Meyerhoff J, Popowski SA, Mohr DC, Kornfield R  Mental Health Self-Tracking Preferences of Young Adults With Depression and Anxiety Not Engaged in Treatment: Qualitative Analysis.  JMIR Form Res  2023 Oct 06;7:e48152. pii:e48152
  39. Shen J, Rubin A, Cohen K, Hart EA, Sung J, McDanal R, Roulston C, Sotomayor I, Fox KR, Schleider JL  Randomized evaluation of an online single-session intervention for minority stress in LGBTQ+ adolescents.  Internet Interv  2023 Sep;33:100633. pii:100633
  40. Smith AC, Ahuvia I, Ito S, Schleider JL  Project Body Neutrality: Piloting a digital single-session intervention for adolescent body image and depression.  Int J Eat Disord  2023 Aug;56(8):1554-1569. doi:10.1002/eat.23976
  41. Knapp AA, Hersch E, Wijaya C, Herrera MA, Kruzan KP, Carroll AJ, Lee S, Baker A, Gray A, Harris V  et al.  "The library is so much more than books": considerations for the design and implementation of teen digital mental health services in public libraries.  Front Digit Health  2023;5:1183319. pii:1183319
  42. Wong AWK, Fong MWM, Munsell EGS, Metts CL, Lee SI, Nicol GE, DePaul O, Tomazin SE, Kaufman KJ, Mohr DC  Using Intervention Mapping and Behavior Change Techniques to Develop a Digital Intervention for Self-Management in Stroke: Development Study.  JMIR Hum Factors  2023 Jul 24;10:e45099. pii:e45099
  43. Meyerhoff J, Liu T, Stamatis CA, Liu T, Wang H, Meng Y, Curtis B, Karr CJ, Sherman G, Ungar LH  et al.  Analyzing text message linguistic features: Do people with depression communicate differently with their close and non-close contacts?  Behav Res Ther  2023 Jul;166:104342. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2023.104342
  44. Flynn RL, Massion TA, Kosmas JA, Smith SR, Mastronardi CN, Graham AK  Positive affect dysregulation and its relation to binge eating size and frequency.  Front Psychol  2023;14:1146549. pii:1146549
  45. Meyerhoff J, Kruzan KP, Reddy M, Mohr DC, Lattie EG  Preparing a Workforce of Care Coordinators to Address Patient Mental Health Needs in the Digital Age: Training and Needs Identification.  SAGE Open Nurs  2023;9:23779608231173279. pii:23779608231173279
  46. Graham AK, Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Sadeh-Sharvit S, Balantekin KN, Eichen DM, Firebaugh ML, Goel NJ, Monterubio GE, Karam AM, Flatt RE  et al.  Moderators and mediators of a digital cognitive behavior therapy-guided self-help intervention for eating disorders: Informing future design efforts.  J Consult Clin Psychol  2023 May;91(5):280-284. doi:10.1037/ccp0000786
  47. Graham AK, Kosmas JA, Massion TA  Designing Digital Interventions for Eating Disorders.  Curr Psychiatry Rep  2023 Apr;25(4):125-138. doi:10.1007/s11920-023-01415-x
  48. Voss C, Liu J, Chang A, Kosmas JA, Biehl A, Flynn RL, Kruzan KP, Wildes JE, Graham AK  Weight Loss Expectations of Adults With Binge Eating: Cross-sectional Study With a Human-Centered Design Approach.  JMIR Form Res  2023 Feb 28;7:e40506. pii:e40506

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