Feasibility of PRIME: A Cognitive Neuroscience-Informed Mobile App Intervention to Enhance Motivated Behavior and Improve Quality of Life in Recent Onset Schizophrenia

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Schlosser, Danielle ^a   Campellone, Timothy ^b   Kim, Daniel ^a   Truong, Brandy ^a   Vergani, Silvia ^c   Ward, Charlie ^a   Vinogradov, Sophia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IDEO Inc   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coaching; mobile app; motivation; negative symptoms; quality of life; schizophrenia; smartphone; social networking; technology based intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020145294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.5450     Document Type: Article

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