Tests a personalized phone app for anxiety and depression symptoms
Compares a personalized and a standard cognitive behavioral therapy app for anxiety and depression.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Personalized Mobile Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Application
Key facts
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 25 years old?
Source: NCT05699525, who can take part
Where in United States
- Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Trial code
- NCT05699525
- Record updated
- 22 May 2026
- Original description
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a standard mobile cognitive behavioral therapy program to a personalized mobile cognitive behavioral therapy program that introduces new skills over a shorter period of time. Participants will use the Maya app for two days per week, at least 20 minutes per day, for six weeks. Assessments will include a weekly check in with a member of the research team, questionnaires, and optional electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings at the beginning and end of the 6-week intervention. The investigators think that that the less burdensome personalized program will be just as effective at improving symptoms of anxiety and depression as the general program.Read full original descriptionShow less
Efficacy of Personalized Mobile Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Targeting Anxiety and Depression
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a standard mobile cognitive behavioral therapy program to a personalized mobile cognitive behavioral therapy program that introduces new skills over a shorter period of time. Participants will use the Maya app for two days per week, at least 20 minutes per day, for six weeks. Assessments will include a weekly check in with a member of the research team, questionnaires, and optional electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings at the beginning and end of the 6-week intervention. The investigators think that that the less burdensome personalized program will be just as effective at improving symptoms of anxiety and depression as the general program.
Inclusion: Age between 18 and 25 years; Primary diagnosis of an anxiety, depressive, or bipolar disorder as determined by a score of 4 or greater on the Clinical Severity Rating of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS); If an individual is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, they must be currently euthymic or experiencing a depressive episode; Access to an Apple iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
Exclusion: Currently in cognitive behavior therapy; History of neurologic disorder that may affect the neural systems of interest or participant's ability to participate; Lifetime diagnosis of a psychotic disorder; Change in dose of a psychiatric medication in the past 12 weeks; Current hypomanic or manic episode; Initiation of psychotherapy in the past 12 weeks; Intent or plan to attempt suicide.