MoodLift has been created by the Caring Universities Consortium. Caring Universities is part of the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) Initiative . This international initiative aims to increase knowledge about students' mental well-being. By understanding students' needs, mental health problems can be prevented, recognized early, and treated more effectively. MoodLift is a scalable set of training programs that allow early interventions to be provided to whomever needs them.

MoodLift is the result of years of research by many different people and organizations. Below is a very short list of peer reviewed publications directly related to MoodLift.

A Guided, Internet-Based Stress Management Intervention for University Students With High Levels of Stress: Feasibility and Acceptability Study
Yagmur Amanvermez, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Marketa Ciharova, Marianne Donker, Petra Hurks, Elske Salemink, Philip Spinhoven, Sascha Struijs, Leonore M de Wit

Effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention for procrastination among university students – A randomized controlled trial study protocol
Arpana Amarnath, Sevin Ozmen, Sascha Y Struijs, Leonore de Wit, Pim Cuijpers

A Guided Web-Based Intervention Targeting Procrastination in College Students: Protocol for an Open Trial
Sevin Ozmen, Arpana Amarnath, Sascha Struijs, Leonore de Wit, Pim Cuijpers

Moodpep: Description and Evaluation of an Online Self-Help Program for Young Adults with Feelings of Depression (2023)
Nadia Garnefski & Vivian Kraaij

Guided internet-based transdiagnostic individually tailored Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for symptoms of depression and/or anxiety in college students: A randomized controlled trial (2022)
Eirini Karyotaki, Anke Klein, Marketa Ciharova, Felix Bolinski, Lisa Krijnen, Lisa de Koning, Leonore de Wit, Claudia van der Heijde, David Ebert, Heleen Riper, Neeltje Batelaan, Peter Vonk, Randy Auerbach, Ronald C. Kessler, Ronny Bruffaerts, Sascha Struijs, Reinout Wiers & Pim Cuijpers

Effects of self-guided stress management interventions in college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Yagmur Amanvermez, Ruiying Zhao, Pim Cuijpers, Leonore de Wit, David Ebert, Ronald C. Kessler, Ronny Bruffaerts & Eirini Karyotaki

Feasibility and acceptability of a guided internet-based stress management intervention for university students with high levels of stress: Protocol for an open trial (2021)
Yagmur Amanvermez, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Elske Salemink, Philip Spinhoven, Sascha Struijs & Leonore de Wit

Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses (2021)
Pim Cuijpers, Clara Miguel, Marketa Ciharova, Pauline Aalten, Neeltje Batelaan, Elske Salemink, Philip Spinhoven, Sascha Struijs, Leonore de Wit, Claudio Gentili, David Ebert, Mathias Harrer, Ronny Bruffaerts, Ronald C. Kessler & Eirini Karyotaki

The World Health Organization World Mental Health International College Student initiative: An overview (2019)
Pim Cuijpers, Randy P. Auerbach, Corina Benjet, Ronny Bruffaerts, David Ebert, Eirini Karyotaki & Ronald C. Kessler