Thakur, Hena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-0569
Parkhurst, John T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6375-0883
Schleider, Jessica L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2426-1953
Lekkas, Damien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6995-9223
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health, United States (5T32MH126368)
NIH Office of the Director (DP5OD028123)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2025
Accepted: 26 February 2026
First Online: 19 March 2026
Declarations
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: JLS serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for Walden Wise and the Clinical Advisory Board for Koko (unpaid), has received consulting fees from United Health and Woebot, and receives book royalties from New Harbinger; Oxford University Press; and Little, Brown Book Group. She is co-founder and chief scientific advisor for Navi.
: Procedures were approved by the third author’s institutional review board.