We are a research team from the Psychology Department at Harvard University currently working on a study looking at people who harm themselves. The primary goal of the study is to better understand what kinds of thoughts and feelings motivate these behaviors.

We are interested in recruiting people who use this website to participate in our research study. Participation is completely voluntary. If you are having thoughts of suicide or self­harm, these thoughts are something that should be addressed whether or not you participate in our study. If you would like to talk to someone, please consider calling a toll­free, 24­hour crisis hotline at 1­800­273­TALK (1­800­273­8255) in the US, 514-723-4000 in Canada, +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90 in the UK, or visit https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/ for information on crisis hotlines world-wide.

If you are interested in participating, you will complete an online screener to see if you qualify to participate. If you qualify, you will complete a variety of questionnaires online. Afterwards, you will install a smartphone application that will prompt you to answer a series of very brief questions four times a day, as well as whenever you are having thoughts of suicide.

You will be compensated up to $50 in online gift cards to Amazon.

A few important things to know about the study are:

The study includes questions regarding self-harm that may be triggering. All information collected will be kept completely confidential. Participation is completely voluntary. The link we provide will send you to a website telling you about the study. Once on that site, you can decide whether or not you want to participate. You do not need the smartphone app to complete the screener If you start to participate and decide you no longer feel comfortable or you are no longer interested, you can end it without any penalty or punishment. We will provide links to treatment resources throughout the study. This study will include only participants who are 18 years and older. The smartphone application is compatible with iPhones and Android phones and is secure. You can read about the application here ( http://mobileema.com/ ). We will not collect any location or phone data.

Thank you for your consideration!

Click here to complete the quick pre-survey screener!