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ArticleProceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference2026

Framing Helper Therapy to Support User Engagement: Causal Evidence from a Public Deployment of a Mental Health Support Text Messaging Program.

Tony Liu, Bhargavi Patil, Thu Ngo, Chris Karr, Theresa Nguyen, Rachel Kornfield, Jonah Meyerhoff

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Article in Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Tony LiuComputer Science, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3707-3989
Bhargavi PatilMount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-6234-8005
Thu NgoMount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-7845-2814
Chris KarrBehavioral Research Innovation Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1828-4497
Theresa NguyenMental Health America, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9218-3198
Rachel KornfieldPreventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8542-6913
Jonah MeyerhoffPreventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5149-7959

Funding

Technology Enabled Services for Coordinated Care of Depression in Healthcare SettingsP50MH119029 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Rachel Kornfield · 2020 to 2026
$10.7M
mHealth for suicide prevention: Design, development, and feasibility of a scalable SMS-based safety planning interventionK08MH128640 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Jonah Meyerhoff · 2022 to 2026
$1.0M
Adaptive Messaging to Support Depression Self-ManagementK01MH125172 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KORNFIELD, RACHEL · 2021 to 2025
$865k
Digital Mental Health Service for Non-Treatment Seeking Young AdultsR34MH124960 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MEYERHOFF, JONAH, MOHR, DAVID CURTIS · 2021 to 2023
$641k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH125172NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH128640NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH119029NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH124960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital peer-to-peer mental health tools have shown promise in supporting the well-being of those receiving help and giving it (i.e. helper therapy), but promoting engagement remains a challenge. We examine whether the

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Digital Mental HealthEmail/Texting/CommunicationEmpirical StudyHealth - WellbeingHelper TherapyQuantitative Methods

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PMID42317496
PMCPMC13274565

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