Phone App Support After Hospital Stay for Serious Mental Illness
Tests a phone app to help adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression after hospital.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effectiveness of mHealth Post-discharge Intervention for Patients With Severe Mental Illness
Key facts
- Where
- Providence, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Butler HospitalProvidence, United StatesNo longer taking part
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
- Butler Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT05703412
- Record updated
- 29 September 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effectiveness of a Multi-component mHealth Intervention to Improve Post-hospital Transitions of Care for Patients With SMI
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: psychiatric inpatient/partial hospitalization; diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder or major mood disorder; planned ongoing mental health treatment post-discharge in the community; 18 years or older; ability to speak and read English.
Exclusion: lack of smartphone; homelessness or housing instability that would prevent reliable follow-up; discharge to a long-term restricted living setting.