ReviewJMIR mental health2020
The Use of Text Messaging to Improve Clinical Engagement for Individuals With Psychosis: Systematic Review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic Literature Review of Text Messaging Interventions to Promote Medication Adherence Among People With Serious Mental Illness.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Text Message-Based Cessation Intervention for People Who Smoked or Used Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
- Augmenting Evidence-Based Care With a Texting Mobile Interventionist: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2020Trial
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- "Technology is Amazing… But Right Now, I Just Don't Know": Real-world Implementation Experiences and Adaptation Recommendations for Message-based Care in Community Mental Health.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Telehealth and Pharmacotherapy: The Role of Synchronous and Novel Asynchronous Digital Health Tools in Psychiatry.Pharmaceutical medicine · 2025Review
- Clinical high risk for psychosis and service disengagement: Incidence and predictors across 2 years of follow-up.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Leveraging Personal Technologies in the Treatment of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
- Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support Health.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Review
- Short-term disengagement from early intervention service for first-episode psychosis: findings from the "Parma Early Psychosis" program.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Rates and predictors of service disengagement in adolescents with first episode psychosis: results from the 2-year follow-up of the Pr-EP program.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- The diagnostic accuracy of screening for psychosis spectrum disorders in behavioral health clinics integrated into primary care.Schizophrenia research · 2024Article
- Augmenting Mental Health Support for Patients Accessing Different Degrees of Formal Psychiatric Care through a Supportive Text Messaging Program: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Methods and protocols · 2023Article
- SMS-text messaging for collecting outcome measures after acute stroke.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of educational intervention among seropositive women about knowledge about HIV sexual transmission.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Text Messages in the Field of Mental Health: Rapid Review of the Reviews.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Are remote psychotherapy/remediation efforts accessible and feasible in patients with schizophrenia? A narrative review.The Egyptian journal of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals experiencing psychosis are at a disproportionate risk for premature disengagement from clinical treatment. Barriers to clinical engagement typically result from funding constraints causing limited access to and flexibility in services. Digital strategies, such as SMS text messaging, offer a low-cost alternative to potentially improve engagement. However, little is known about the efficacy of SMS text messaging in psychosis.
objectiveThis review aimed to address this gap, providing insights into the relationship between SMS text messaging and clinical engagement in the treatment of psychosis.
methodsStudies examining SMS text messaging as an engagement strategy in the treatment of psychosis were reviewed. Included studies were published from the year 2000 onward in the English language, with no methodological restrictions, and were identified using 3 core databases and gray literature sources.
resultsOf the 233 studies extracted, 15 were eligible for inclusion. Most studies demonstrated the positive effects of SMS text messaging on dimensions of engagement such as medication adherence, clinic attendance, and therapeutic alliance. Studies examining the feasibility of SMS text messaging interventions found that they are safe, easy to use, and positively received.
conclusionsOverall, SMS text messaging is a low-cost, practical method of improving engagement in the treatment of psychosis, although efficacy may vary by symptomology and personal characteristics. Cost-effectiveness and safety considerations were not adequately examined in the studies included. Future studies should consider personalizing SMS text messaging interventions and include cost and safety analyses to appraise readiness for implementation.
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