Qualified participants will be given free access to an investigational therapeutic game designed to help with symptoms of depression for 1 month. If you choose to participate, you will be randomly assigned to one of three versions of the app: two versions of the app include the active ingredients thought to reduce depression and one version does not include these active ingredients. Participants will also complete questionnaires and computer tasks, including eye tracking. Up to $225 in compensation available for completing all assessments. All participant information is completely confidential.

1. First, we’ll ask you to complete a consent form, general demographics, and screening questionnaire so we can assess whether it looks like you’re a good candidate for the study. If you are not eligible, you should be notified by the end of the survey. Please note that we cannot provide individualized feedback on why folks were not eligible.

2. If you are potentially eligible, we will review your screening questionnaire within a few days of completion. We will then send you a link to set-up an appointment for an initial assessment within 2 weeks of your screening survey. This in-person assessment should take about 2.5 hours and will consist of questionnaires, an interview, and computer tasks.

3. Once the initial assessment is complete, we will show you how to access the application, and enroll you in the study.

• At the beginning of the study, you will be asked to schedule a 2.5-hour, in-person onboarding appointment at the University of Texas at Austin with a research assistant. You will complete some laboratory tasks, an interview about current and past psychiatric symptoms, and then they will walk you through downloading and registering the app and troubleshoot any technology issues.

• Four times a week, you will be asked to complete 1 session of game play on the app that will take approximately 14 minutes each. This portion of the study will last for 4 weeks (4 times per week x 4 weeks = 16 sessions of game play total). 

• Once weekly, you will be asked to return to the University of Texas at Austin for one hour to complete laboratory tasks in which stimuli (e.g. words, or images of faces, scenes, or objects) will be presented and you will respond according to the instructions.

• After this four-week period, to assess how long the potential benefits of completing the app last, you will complete symptom assessments (15 minutes each) three times during a 6-month follow-up period.
  

Time commitment: ~ 56 minutes of game play + 60 minutes of assessment per week for 4 weeks, followed by 3 monthly assessments (15 minutes each) across a 6-month follow-up period. You will be compensated for all the assessments.