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SPARK-Healthy Sleep Trial: Single-Session Digital CBT-I App Targets Sleep and Psychosis Risk in College Students — Key Details for Clinicians

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26 July 2026

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A new US feasibility trial is testing whether a 30-minute smartphone app combining CBT-I techniques and stigma psychoeducation can improve sleep and reduce help-seeking barriers in college students at risk for psychosis. The SPARK-Healthy Sleep study (NCT07119268) is enrolling 115 students with elevated prodromal questionnaire scores and poor sleep quality at Indiana University-Indianapolis. Australian early psychosis clinicians and digital health researchers should monitor this trial as a potential model for scalable secondary prevention.

Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov

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