Sunny X. Tang, M.D.

stanglab.bsky.social

24 January 2026 12:12

This work was funded and completed by North Shore Therapeutics, a startup company I co-founded. Really proud of our team: Moein Foroughi, @drbrinen.bsky.social, Michael Birnbaum, @sarahberretta.bsky.social , @leilyb.bsky.social, John Kane, Ed Yoon, and Bill Cronin... 5/5 northshore.health

Sunny X. Tang, M.D.

stanglab.bsky.social

24 January 2026 12:12

We observed small shifts in defeatist beliefs and self-esteem in the intended directions. More impressively, at 1-week follow-up, the overwhelming majority of participants (90%) reported making progress in at least one of the real-life tasks they had identified... 4/5

Sunny X. Tang, M.D.

stanglab.bsky.social

24 January 2026 12:12

20 participants tried a single session with a researcher, and then were asked to use it on their own for 1 week with no additional incentives. The app was feasible and acceptable with 19 of the 20 participants able to access and willing to use it on their own ... 3/5

Sunny X. Tang, M.D.

stanglab.bsky.social

24 January 2026 12:12

The prototype for NST-SPARK delivers a single session of treatment - eliciting unhelpful beliefs that exacerbate negative symptoms, then providing alternative adaptive beliefs that are reinforced with behavioral experiments carried out via AR... 2/5

Sunny X. Tang, M.D.

stanglab.bsky.social

24 January 2026 12:12

#NewPaperAlert 😎! We developed a prototype for an Augmented Reality (#AR) smartphone app (NST-SPARK) that delivers recovery-oriented cognitive therapy targeting negative symptoms of schizophrenia and completed a preliminary study... 1/5 dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip....