Open AccessMobile enhancement of motivation in schizophrenia: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a personalized text message intervention for motivation deficits.
Author(s) -
Lauren Luther,
Melanie W Fischer,
Annalee Johnson-Kwochka,
Kyle S. Minor,
Richard J. Holden,
Christopher C. Lapish,
Bryan P. McCormick,
Michelle P. Salyers
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000599
Subject(s) - psychology , pleasure , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , clinical psychology , applied psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , surgery
Motivation deficits remain an unmet treatment need in schizophrenia. Recent research has identified mechanisms underlying motivation deficits (i.e., impaired effort-cost computations, reduced future reward-value representation maintenance) that may be effective treatment targets to improve motivation. This study tested the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of Mobile Enhancement of Motivation in Schizophrenia (MEMS), an intervention that leverages mobile technology to target these mechanisms with text messages.