 Hi all, the mods have vetted my message and are allowing me to post here. I'm reaching out to communities of individuals struggling with anxiety and/or depression and may be interested in a free online intervention. Please see below for details and how to participate. Please share with anyone who may be interested. Thank you!

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For my doctoral dissertation, **I am examining two brief online self-help interventions to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Anyone over the age of 18, residing in the United States, and fluent in English is welcome to participate in this online study**; however, if you are currently experiencing severe depression, especially if you are feeling hopeless or having thoughts of suicide, I encourage you to seek treatment with a provider you can interact with.

If you choose to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete a few surveys and then you will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: a video intervention, a text-based intervention, or an assessment-only group. The intervention should take you roughly 2 hours depending on how often you pause the video or how quickly you read. No matter which group you are in you will be asked to complete surveys at four follow-up periods after you first sign up, around 2, 4, and 6 weeks, with a final one in 6 months. These will take between 10 and 20 minutes to complete. After the 6 week follow-up, those in the assessment-only group will have access to both the video and text interventions. After the 6-month follow-up those in the intervention groups will have access to whichever intervention they did not already have. All participants will be able to use these interventions until December of 2022. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Central Michigan University. IRB protocol #: 2021-238

**Participate by clicking on the link below.**

[https://cmich.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV\_cLUdgyZbtKUJWx8](https://cmich.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cLUdgyZbtKUJWx8)

Please pass this along to friends or family members who may be interested!

Thanks!

Melanie Midkiff, M.S.

Doctoral Candidate