Supportive Text Messages to Reduce Mood Symptoms and Problem Drinking in Patients With Primary Depression or Alcohol Use Disorder: Protocol for an Implementation Research Study

Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong   ^{1, 2} , MD,MSc,MRCPsych,FRCPC ;   Kelly Mrklas   ³ , MSc ;   Victoria Yung Mei Suen   ³ , PhD ;   Marianne Sarah Rose   ³ , PhD ;   Megan Jahn   ⁴ , BScN ;   Irene Gladue   ⁵ , BSW,RSW ;   Jody Kozak   ⁵ , BA,BSW,RSW ;   Maureen Leslie   ⁵ , BSW,RSW ;   Serdar Dursun   ¹ , MD,PhD, FRCPC ;   Arto Ohinmaa   ⁶ , PhD ;   Andrew Greenshaw   ¹ , PhD

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Northern Lights Regional Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Alberta Health Services, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada

³ Research Priorities and Implementation, Research Innovation and Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Northern Lights Regional Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Alberta Health Services, Fort Mc Murray, AB, Canada

⁵ Nothern Addiction Treatment Centre, Department of Addictions, Alberta Health Services, Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

⁶ Institute of Health Economics and, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada