Using Mobile Technology to Address the Trauma Mental Health Treatment Gap

"Brief explanation of BounceBack Now (BBN) will be provided. Participants will be directed to areas of the application that are congruent with treatment focus identified during their standard of care appointment.~Participants will complete a baseline survey by either going online or being contacted by a member of the investigational team. The investigative assistant will contact all participants in 2-3 days to help the participant navigate the BBN and complete the baseline survey, if needed.~The participant will continue to meet with their behavioral health provider (BHP) as determined by the standard of care interactions. BHP will highlight features contained in BBN for participant to use in between appointments.~Follow-up phone calls will be scheduled for 2 weeks and 6 weeks after initial visit. During these phone- calls the participant will be contacted by a member of the investigational team to complete follow-up surveys."

"At the beginning of the focus group the patients will be asked to download BBN on their smartphone device with the assistance of the research team, if they have not already done so. A basic tutorial of the BBN and the developed educational materials will be conducted/reviewed with the participants.~After the tutorial and education has been provided the participants will be asked to try some of major features of the app. Then, they will be asked to review the patient education materials. They will be asked to discuss strengths and weaknesses of the materials. They will be also asked whether there is any content missing from the education material."

"At the beginning of the focus group the BHPs will be asked to download BBN on their smartphone device with the assistance of the research team, if they have not already done so. A basic tutorial of the BBN and the developed educational materials will be conducted/reviewed with the BHPs.~After the tutorial and education has been provided the participants will be asked to try some of major features of the app. Then, they will be asked to review the patient education materials. They will be asked to discuss strengths and weaknesses of the materials. They will be also asked whether there is any content missing from the education material."

Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with BHPs, Clinical Staff, Providers and Administration They will ask questions to BHPs, Clinical Staff, Providers and Administration about feasibility, acceptability, and usability of BBN and overall clinical protocol.

Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with Participants to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of BBN.