Lead: Martha Zimmermann (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School); Collaborators: Anna Whelan; Nancy Byatt; Lourah Kelly; Edwin Boudreaux (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School); Consultant: Bengisu Tulu (WPI)

Reaching Calm is a multicomponent digital intervention to prevent perinatal anxiety disorders in obstetric settings. Reaching Calm includes a 1) digital Anxiety Sensitivity Intervention, 2) obstetric professional training, and 3) implementation protocol to integrate anxiety prevention into the obstetric workflow. In this pilot project, we will adapt Reaching Calm to address suicide risk by using a community-engaged, user-centered design approach to integrate a Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) into the digital intervention. We will then beta-test Reaching Calm in an obstetric clinic with 30 perinatal patients. We will use surveys, interviews, and focus groups to explore the acceptability and feasibility of remote suicide risk assessment and intervention with patients and obstetric professionals.

Reaching Calm was built in the Computerized Intervention Authoring System version 3.0 (CIAS 3.0; cias.app)