Scalable mental health measures for teens and young adults
JASPer-MH: Jointly Assessed Scalable Phenotypes for Mental Health
This project combines brief remote thinking and symptom checks with medical records to help spot early mental health changes in adolescents and young adults.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Massachusetts General Hospital NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Boston, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11287853 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You may be asked to complete short remote tasks that measure thinking skills and brief symptom questionnaires on your phone or computer. Those measures will be linked with electronic health record information from Massachusetts General Hospital and partner centers to train AI models that track how symptoms change over time. The team aims to create compact, developmentally relevant digital profiles that apply across different diagnoses and can be collected outside clinic visits. Participation would be mainly remote, with data used to improve early detection and guide timely care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are adolescents and young adults (about 12–20 years old) who have or may develop mental health concerns and who can share their medical records and complete brief remote tasks.
Not a fit: This effort is unlikely to help people outside the 12–20 age range, those unwilling to share electronic health records, or people without access to the devices needed for remote tasks.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help identify mental health problems earlier in teens and young adults so care can start sooner and be better tailored.
How similar studies have performed: Prior work shows electronic health records can help predict psychiatric risk but are incomplete, and combining EHR with remote cognitive and symptom measures is a promising but still relatively new approach.
Where this research is happening
Boston, United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Perlis, Roy H. — Massachusetts General Hospital
- Study coordinator: Perlis, Roy H.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.