A Conversational Agent (PracticePal) to Support the Delivery of a Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Rural India: Development and Pilot-Testing Study

Ravindra Agrawal, Kimberley Monteiro, Nityasri Sankha Narasimhamurti, Shreya Sharma, Amruta Suryawanshi, Aman Bariya, Shravani Narvekar, Lilianna Bagnoli, Mohit Saxena, Lauren Magoun, Shradha S Parsekar, Julia R Pozuelo, Neal Lesh, Mohit Sood, Tanushri Sharma, Harshita Yadav, Anant Bhan, Abhijit Nadkarni, Vikram Patel

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DOI: 10.2196/73563
Published: 2025-08-29
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@article{allodium:10.2196/73563,
  title = {A Conversational Agent (PracticePal) to Support the Delivery of a Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Rural India: Development and Pilot-Testing Study},
  author = {Ravindra Agrawal and Kimberley Monteiro and Nityasri Sankha Narasimhamurti and Shreya Sharma and Amruta Suryawanshi and Aman Bariya and Shravani Narvekar and Lilianna Bagnoli and Mohit Saxena and Lauren Magoun and Shradha S Parsekar and Julia R Pozuelo and Neal Lesh and Mohit Sood and Tanushri Sharma and Harshita Yadav and Anant Bhan and Abhijit Nadkarni and Vikram Patel},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {JMIR Formative Research},
  doi = {10.2196/73563},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/73563}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Conversational Agent (PracticePal) to Support the Delivery of a Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Rural India: Development and Pilot-Testing Study
AU  - Ravindra Agrawal
AU  - Kimberley Monteiro
AU  - Nityasri Sankha Narasimhamurti
AU  - Shreya Sharma
AU  - Amruta Suryawanshi
AU  - Aman Bariya
AU  - Shravani Narvekar
AU  - Lilianna Bagnoli
AU  - Mohit Saxena
AU  - Lauren Magoun
AU  - Shradha S Parsekar
AU  - Julia R Pozuelo
AU  - Neal Lesh
AU  - Mohit Sood
AU  - Tanushri Sharma
AU  - Harshita Yadav
AU  - Anant Bhan
AU  - Abhijit Nadkarni
AU  - Vikram Patel
PY  - 2025
JO  - JMIR Formative Research
DO  - 10.2196/73563
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/73563
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Agrawal, R., Monteiro, K., Narasimhamurti, N. S., Sharma, S., Suryawanshi, A., Bariya, A., Narvekar, S., Bagnoli, L., Saxena, M., Magoun, L., Parsekar, S. S., Pozuelo, J. R., Lesh, N., Sood, M., Sharma, T., Yadav, H., Bhan, A., Nadkarni, A., & Patel, V. (2025). A Conversational Agent (PracticePal) to Support the Delivery of a Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Rural India: Development and Pilot-Testing Study. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/73563

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