Brief App-Based Mindfulness and Mood Monitoring Interventions Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Urges to Self-Injure in First-Year College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This RCT investigated the effects of a 3-week mindfulness mobile-app intervention compared to mood monitoring on first-year students’ psychological distress. Both groups showed large, significant reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms and urges to self-injure that were not seen in an external control group and lasted throughout the 12-week follow-up.