Electronic Self-management Resource Training for Mental Health

Each year, more than four million young adults (age 18-25 years old) in the U.S. receive
psychotropic medication or psychotherapy as treatment for a mental illness. One in every
four of these young adults will disengage from mental health treatment before significant
symptom remission is achieved. Mental health treatment disengagement may be mitigated by
reducing barriers to self-management and enhancing self-management skills. Electronic
self-management resource training for mental health (eSMART-MH) is an innovative use of
avatars−virtual persons who tailor responses to users−to improve mental health treatment
disengagement.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Self-report of a diagnosis depression or generalized anxiety disorder greater than
six months

- Young adults 18-25 years of age

- Prescribed psychotropic medication and/or psychotherapy

- Have a documented domestic telephone number

- Able to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

- Participation in the eSMART-HD parent project