UGA Psychiatric Research

04/02/2026

Participate in Psychosis Intervention Research at
The University of Georgia
What is the purpose of the research?
We are recruiting individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to participate in an intervention study. We are evaluating whether a cell phone app is helpful for improving the ability to manage emotions and symptoms.

Who can participate?
Men and women diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are 18-60 years old
What will participants be asked to do?

Participants will be asked to:
1. Be interviewed regarding diagnosis and symptoms at the start and end of study
2. Complete MRI scans while viewing emotional pictures and doing a memory test
3. Use the cellphone app that provides emotion training for 14 days

Where is the study taking place? The Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab is located in the Psychology building on the University of Georgia campus.

How much does it cost? There is no cost for participation

Will I receive payment of some kind?
All study volunteers will receive up to $460 for their participation

How can I find out if I’m eligible to participate?
Call Dr. Strauss at 470-518-0742 for a confidential screening

08/08/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?
We are recruiting individuals who have been diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder into an online study. We aim to evaluate how specific types of emotion regulation difficulties relate to specific types of psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, mania, and psychosis.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞?
Anyone between the ages of 16-69 who has received a psychiatric/mental health diagnosis, including but not limited to schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, etc.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨?
Participants will typically:
- Complete a series of online questionnaires about your emotions, emotion regulation, and psychiatric symptoms lasting approximately 2 hours.
- Complete some online cognitive tests that measure thinking abilities like memory and attention lasting approximately 1 hour.
- Complete reports of emotions and activities, short recordings, and mobile cognitive tests over a 7-day period on your phone.
- Complete clinical interviews (lasting approximately 4 hours) if you are a new participant to our research lab.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝?
You will receive:
- $20 for every hour you spend with us doing online questionnaires, cognitive tests, and interviews.
- $1 for every phone survey you complete, out of 6 possible surveys per day over the course of 7 days.
- $1 for every mobile cognitive test you complete, out of 6 possible surveys per day over the course of 7 days.
- $1 for every survey video you complete, out of 6 possible videos per day over the course of 7 days.
Compensation totals up to $186 if you are a returning participant, and $266 if you are a new participant.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈’𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞?
Text/call 470-518-0742 or email [email protected] for a confidential screening.

08/07/2025

03/06/2023

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚!
𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄?
Individuals age 12-34 with no history of
psychiatric diagnoses.
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘?
Identifying cognitive and emotional processes
associated with psychiatric risk.
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎?
Participants will be asked to attend 3 or more online sessions on Zoom to do the following:
• Complete interviews, questionnaires, and computer tasks lasting about 6 hours
• Follow-up interviews after 12 and 24 months
𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃?
Participants will be compensated $30 per hour. There are also opportunities for bonus compensation.
𝐈’𝐌 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃! 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐔𝐏?
Text/call (470)-518-0742 or email [email protected]

09/02/2022

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚!
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘?
Identifying cognitive and emotional processes associated with psychiatric risk.
𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄?
Individuals age 12-34 AND male who have experienced one of the following:
• Unusual thoughts
• Questioning if things are real or imaginary
• Thinking that others are talking about you, noticing you, or out to harm you
• A sense of having special abilities, talents, or powers
• Hearing sounds, whispers or voices that others don't notice
• Seeing shadow figures out of the corner of your eye, objects looking distorted, or things looking unusually bright or dull
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎?
Participants will be asked to attend 3 or more online sessions on Zoom to do the following:
• Complete an initial screening interview
• Complete interviews, questionnaires, and computer tasks lasting about 8 hours
• Follow-up interviews after 12 and 24 months
𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃?
Participants will be compensated $30 per hour. There are also opportunities for bonus compensation.
𝐈’𝐌 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃! 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐔𝐏?
Text/call (470)-518-0742 or email [email protected]

02/01/2022

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚!

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘?
Identifying cognitive and emotional processes associated with psychiatric risk.

𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄?
Individuals age 12-34 who have experienced one of the following:
• Unusual thoughts
• Questioning if things are real or imaginary
• Thinking that others are talking about you, noticing you, or out to harm you
• A sense of having special abilities, talents, or powers
• Hearing sounds, whispers or voices that others don't notice
• Seeing shadow figures out of the corner of your eye, objects looking distorted, or things looking unusually bright or dull

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎?
Participants will be asked to attend 3 or more online sessions on Zoom to do the following:
• Complete an initial screening interview
• Complete interviews, questionnaires, and computer tasks lasting about 8 hours
• Follow-up interviews after 12 and 24 months

𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃?
Participants will be compensated $30 per hour. There are also opportunities for bonus compensation.

𝐈’𝐌 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃! 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐔𝐏?
Text/call (470)-518-0742 or email [email protected]

08/16/2021

🔴 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬? 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡! 🔴
Study: GAINS
PI: Greg Strauss, PhD

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲?
We want to better understand the development of psychiatric symptoms in adolescents and young adults

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞?
Males and females ages 12-34 who have experienced one or more of the following:
• Unusual thoughts
• Suspiciousness
• A sense of having special powers or unrealistic plans for the future
• Changes in sensory experiences such as unusual experiences with seeing or hearing things that are not there

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨?
Participants will be asked to attend 2 or more remote sessions on Zoom to do the following:
- Complete interviews and questionnaires about life experiences, lasting about 3 ½ hours
- Complete tasks that measure attention and memory, lasting about 2 hours
- Take surveys about emotion for 1 week using your Android or iPhone
- Repeat the same procedures 12 months later

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞?
Online using Zoom video conferencing

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭?
There is no cost for participation

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝?
You can receive up to $311 at baseline and up to $421 at 12-month follow up

For more information, call our lab at ☎ 470-518-0742 ☎ or email [email protected] for a confidential screening.

08/05/2021

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐚

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉?
We are recruiting individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to participate in an intervention study. We are evaluating whether a cell phone app is helpful for improving the ability to manage emotions and symptoms.

𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆?
Men and women diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are 18-60 years old

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐?
1. Be interviewed regarding diagnosis and symptoms at the start and end of study
2. Complete MRI scans while viewing emotional pictures and doing a memory test
3. Use the cellphone app that provides emotion training for 30 days

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆?
The Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab is located in the Psychology building on the University of Georgia campus.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕?
There is no cost for participation

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅?
All study volunteers will receive up to $460 for their participation

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰’𝒎 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆?
Call/text 470-518-0742 for a confidential screening

04/15/2021

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗚𝗔!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?
We want to better understand how emotion and stress contribute to a variety of psychiatric symptoms.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Men and women who:
• Are 18-30 years old
• Have no mental illness
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼?
Participants will typically:
• Make 2 study visits to our laboratory lasting approximately 2-4 hrs
• Complete paper and pencil tasks and questionnaires
• Complete computer-based games assessing emotion and cognition
• Complete reports of emotion over 6 days on a smartphone we will provide
• Wear a fitness band provided to you for 6 days

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? The Department of Psychology at UGA

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁? There is no cost for participation

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱?
All study volunteers will receive $30 cash per hour for 2 visits in the laboratory and $1 per completed survey over the course of 6 days (11 total surveys per day). There are also opportunities for bonus compensation:
• If you complete at least 5 surveys per day, you will receive a bonus of $5 for that day.
• If you complete more than 80% of all surveys, you will receive a bonus of $30.
• If you return the phone, band, and chargers in working order, you will receive a bonus of $20.

Compensation totals up to $326 for completing all study procedures and surveys.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜’𝗺 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Text or call our lab at 470-518-0742 for a confidential screening

03/23/2021

We are recruiting individuals who have been diagnosed with 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿!!