A Comparison Between Phone-Based Psychotherapy With and Without Text Messaging Support In Between Sessions for Crisis Patients

Gareth Furber   ^{1 *} , PhD (Clin Psycho) ;   Gabrielle Margaret Jones   ^{2 *} , BHlthSc ;   David Healey   ^{3 *} , BSW, MMHSc ;   Niranjan Bidargaddi   ^{4, 5 *} , BE (CS), PhD (bioinformatics)

¹ Health Economics and Social Policy Group, School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

² Mental Health Observatory Research Unit, School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

³ IAPT@Flinders unit, Southern Mental Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

⁴ Mental Health Informatics Research Unit, Country Health SA LHN Inc, Adelaide, Australia

⁵ e-Health Research, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

*all authors contributed equally