Electronic Bridge to Mental Health for College Students

In eBridge, students take an online screen and receive personalized feedback about their self-reported depression, alcohol/substance use, and level of functioning. Students are randomly assigned to either the eBridge or control condition. In the eBridge condition, personalized feedback is provided in a graphic format that is accompanied by motivational-interviewing-adherent statements. In this condition, students' communications with eBridge counselors will occur via online dialogues, in which students and counselors exchange messages using a secure website. In the control condition, personalized feedback will also be delivered online to students, highlighting their personal data and specify links between key screening variables and negative outcomes. However, in the control condition, this is provided in a straightforward graphic, informational format, which is consistent with standard practice in online screening programs for college students.