Your phone could soon sense when you're down and offer help — study tests app for early psychosis

NCT ID NCT07503093

Not yet recruiting Symptom relief Sponsor: Mclean Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study will test whether smartphone sensors can detect when someone with early psychosis is feeling anxious or depressed and then offer a short mindfulness or psychoeducation exercise. Ten adults aged 18–50 with early psychosis and mild mood symptoms will use the app for 10 weeks. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable, not yet to prove it works.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Smartphone-based mindfulness exercises and psychoeducation
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward a practical, low-cost way to help people with early psychosis manage anxiety and depression in real time.
What could go wrong: This is a very small early feasibility study with only 10 people, so results may not apply widely. The interventions are brief and may not be strong enough to produce lasting change.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anxiety anxiety disorder Depression depressive disorder psychotic disorder Psychotic Disorders rumination disorder Rumination Syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

ANXIETY DEPRESSION PSYCHOSIS RUMINATION

Contacts and locations

Locations

McLean Hospital

Belmont, Massachusetts, 02478, United States

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