Intervention to Prevent Peer Violence & Depressive Symptoms Among At-Risk Adolescents

Brief ED Intervention (BI): A 20-minute Motivational Interviewing- and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based in-Emergency Department session delivered by a bachelors'-level Research Assistant

Text: 8 weeks of an automated, tailored, two-way text-message curriculum started after the ED visit, which reinforces cognitive reappraisal, emotional regulation, and self-efficacy skills. Those that do not show improvement in mood after 7 days will be randomized into LiveText.