Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies

Recent Publications

  1. Kruzan KP, Ammerman B, Lengel GJ, Griffith JW, Lucas K, Nguyen T, Rushton K, Washburn JJ, Mohr DC  Development and initial test of an online self-assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury severity.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 15;387:119506. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119506
  2. Kwong K, Ahuvia IL, Schleider JL  Help-seeking at the intersection of race and age: Perceived need and treatment access for depression in the United States.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 01;386:119428. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119428
  3. 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 Sep;30(3):308-310. doi:10.1111/camh.12758
  4. 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  2025;54(5):541-554. doi:10.1080/15374416.2023.2272935
  5. Kornfield R, Popowski SA, Tack E, Svoboda J, Herrera M, Nguyen T, Knapp AA, Mohr DC, Meyerhoff J  Designing Digital Mental Health Interventions to Meet the Needs of Older Adolescents: Qualitative Interview and Group Discussion Study.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Aug 29;9:e68950. doi:10.2196/68950
  6. Slocum JD, Jelke D, Mai Q, Johnson JK, Nguyen MLT, Cong L, Chandrasekaran A, Holl JL, Moklyak Y, Mis J  et al.  User-Centered Design of Trauma Systems Solutions for Retriage of Patients With Injury: Mixed Methods Study.  J Med Internet Res  2025 Aug 27;27:e70846. pii:e70846
  7. Collins C, Fackler J, Sacco MJ, Jacobs M  Critical conversations: a user-centric approach to chatbots for history taking in the pediatric intensive care unit.  Front Pediatr  2025;13:1646989. pii:1646989
  8. Graham AK, Ortega A, Egbert A  New Mechanisms and Populations to Target in Binge Eating Treatment.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Aug 01;8(8):e2525076. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.25076
  9. Zapata JP, Rapoport A, Wescott A, Gandhi S, Bergstrom TC, Avila AA, Kuhns LM, Garofalo R, Schleider JL  Single-Session Interventions To Enhance HIV Outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review and Implications for Integrating HIV and Mental Health Services.  AIDS Behav  2025 Aug 01;. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04834-4
  10. Graham AK, Ortega A, Rooper IR, Smith AC  Mental Health Clinicians as Advocates for Effective, Equitable, Accessible, and Safe Digital Mental Health Services.  Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ)  2025 Jul;23(3):307-313. doi:10.1176/appi.focus.20250001
  11. Mohr DC, Azocar F, Bertagnolli A, Choudhury T, Chrisp P, Frank R, Harbin H, Histon T, Kaysen D, Nebeker C  et al.  Banbury Forum Consensus Statement on the Path Forward for Digital Mental Health Treatment.  Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ)  2025 Jul;23(3):362-369. doi:10.1176/appi.focus.25023021
  12. 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 Jul;58(7):1244-1255. doi:10.1002/eat.24434
  13. Jayeoba M, Scherr CL, Carroll AJ, Daly E, Kerstiens S, Phillips SM, Hitsman B, Garcia SF, Spring B, Jacobs M  Low-Burden Electronic Health Record Strategies for Engaging Oncologists in Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions: Qualitative Interview Study.  J Med Internet Res  2025 May 30;27:e65975. pii:e65975
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Rooper IR, Lewis-Thames MW, Graham AK  Beyond usability: Designing digital health interventions for implementation with older adults.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2025 May;73(5):1648-1652. doi:10.1111/jgs.19286
  17. 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
  18. 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 Apr;57:101970. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.101970
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Meyerhoff J, Coppersmith DDL, Fox KR  The ethical imperative of self-directed tools in crisis helplines to prevent suicide at scale.  Nat Ment Health  2025 Mar;3(3):269-270. doi:10.1038/s44220-025-00384-9
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. Kruzan KP, Hentges E, Ramirez I, Washburn JJ  Identifying subgroups of nonsuicidal self-injury: A systematic review.  PLOS Ment Health  2025;2(4). pii:e0000291
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. Simon G, Moise N, Mohr DC  Management of Depression-Reply.  JAMA  2024 Nov 19;332(19):1674-1675. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.18405
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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

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