Your Mental Health Matters: Invitation to Participate in a Mental Health Program for People with a Spinal Cord Injury

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an emerging, evidence-based, psychotherapy approach that can improve mental health through mindfulness, acceptance processes and behavior change. Lakeshore Foundation is helping to recruit for a remote, ACT study with the following requirements:

1. Adults who have acquired an SCI within 5 years

2. Participation in 8 weekly videoconference sessions with a coach

3. Completion of questionnaires 3 times

4. Participants must have access to a computer or smart phone with internet access in their home.

5. This study is remote and is open to anyone living in the USA.

The purpose of this project is to understand how well a coach-guided 8-week online acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) program improves mental health of individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI) within five years.

Participants who complete the study will be compensated up to $215!

For questions and more information, contact Jessica Hawkins at jshawkins@uabmc.edu or 205-975-2882.