Increasing Access to Mental Health Supports for 18- to 25-Year-Old Indigenous Youth With the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Angela MacIsaac   ¹ , MA ;   Teagan Neufeld   ¹ , MSc ;   Ishaq Malik   ¹ , MA ;   Elaine Toombs   ¹ , PhD ;   Janine V Olthuis   ² , PhD ;   Fred Schmidt   ¹ , PhD ;   Crystal Dunning   ³ , MSW ;   Kristine Stasiuk   ⁴ , HBSW ;   Tina Bobinski   ⁵ , MSW ;   Arto Ohinmaa   ⁶ , PhD ;   Sherry H Stewart   ⁷ , PhD ;   Amanda S Newton   ⁶ , PhD ;   Aislin R Mushquash   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

³ Thunder Bay Counselling Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

⁴ Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Fort William First Nation, ON, Canada

⁵ Ontario Native Women's Association, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁷ Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada