Effectiveness of mHealth Post-discharge Intervention for Patients With Severe Mental Illness

The overall aim of this program of research is to improve the continuity of care for patients with serious mental illness (SMI) by supporting a safer and more efficient bridge from hospital to outpatient care using a mobile device-delivered app called Transition-FOCUS (tFOCUS), which has previously been tested in community samples. The purpose of the proposed project is to establish the effectiveness of our empirically-supported, multi-component mHealth intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:psychiatric inpatient/partial hospitalizationdiagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder or major mood disorderplanned ongoing mental health treatment post-discharge in the community18 years or olderability to speak and read EnglishExclusion Criteria:lack of smartphonehomelessness or housing instability that would prevent reliable follow-updischarge to a long-term restricted living setting