Context-Aware Mobile Intervention for Social Recovery in Serious Mental Illness

This open trial will test a new technology-supported blended intervention, mobile Social Interaction Therapy by Exposure (mSITE), that targets social engagement in consumers with serious mental illness.

Inclusion Criteria:Voluntary informed consent to participate and capacity to consent;Age 18 to 65;DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar I disorder or major depression with history of psychosis based on a SCID-5 interview and available medical record review;Minimum level of social avoidance defined by a score of ≥ 2 on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) asociality item;≥ 6th grade reading level on the Wide Range Achievement Test-4 Reading subtest (to read therapy workbook).Exclusion Criteria:Prior CBT in the past 2 years;Greater than moderate disorganization on the PANSS (P2- Disorganization item >5);DSM-5 alcohol or substance dependence in past 3 months based on the SCID;Level of care required interferes with outpatient therapy (e.g., hospitalized; severe medical illness)Unable to adequately see or manually manipulate a phone;Resident of an integrated housing facility that also provides treatment services.