Antidepressant Adherence for Depressed Adults in Primary Care

We will send daily text messages to participants for 12 weeks reminding them to take their antidepressant medication. These reminders will be tailored, personalized and patient-centric, grounded in behavioral economics principles.

In addition to daily text messages, participants will receive financial incentives for 6 weeks based on contingency management principles. Participants assigned to the Reminders and Incentives arm of the study will receive a $2/day incentive, increasing by $1/day conditioned on each week that they consistently take their antidepressant over the first 6 weeks, for a maximum total payment of $189 ($2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7 in weeks 1 through 6, respectively).