Adaptive Messaging to Support Depression Self-Management

The intervention delivers 8 weeks of daily text messaging. Messages will arrive throughout the day via SMS to prompt learning and applying cognitive and behavioral self-management strategies, representing a variety of self-management strategies and message tones. The intervention will apply reinforcement learning to select daily messaging styles to maximize user engagement.

The intervention involves 8 weeks of daily text messaging. Messages will arrive throughout the day via SMS to prompt learning and applying cognitive and behavioral self-management strategies, representing a variety of self-management strategies and message tones. Daily messaging styles will be randomly selected.

An active control which will deliver psychoeducational content via clickable URLs over 8 weeks.