Artificial Intelligence-informed mobile behavioural interventions to support adolescents mental health in schools: protocol for a randomised controlled trial using the MindCraft app

The study examines the effectiveness of the MindCraft app, which uses artificial intelligence to monitor adolescent mental health through active and passive data collection. This is a randomized controlled trial with three groups of students aged 14-19 from British secondary schools. Participants are divided into a group receiving personalized AI recommendations, a group receiving general recommendations, and a control group with self-monitoring only. The primary outcome is the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire score, with secondary outcomes measuring eating disorders, sleep, self-harm, and well-being. The study lasts four weeks with follow-up at one month. Researchers hypothesize that personalized AI recommendations will have a greater positive effect on mental health outcomes than general recommendations or self-monitoring alone.