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A Digital Behavioral Health Game for Adolescent Mental Health

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29173

August 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial, the intervention was associated with modest, sustained reductions in depressive symptoms during 12 months of follow-up. Early improvements in BAPS showed associations consistent with mediation of short-term depressive symptom reductions. Digital games may support adolescent mental health at scale.

Corresponding Author: Caroline M. Barry, PhD, MPH, 46 Centerra Pkwy, Lebanon, NH 03766 (caroline.m.barry@dartmouth.edu).

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