A one-arm pilot trial of a telehealth CBT-based group intervention targeting transdiagnostic risk for emotional distress.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on mental health, straining an already overburdened healthcare system and highlighting health inequity issues. To streamline treatment efforts, targeting transdiagnostic risk factors for symptoms of emotional distress through a modular, transdiagnostic approach via telehealth may help to expand access to mental health treatment. Three transdiagnostic risk factors for emotional distress disorders that emerged as important treatment targets during the pandemic are anxiety sensitivity (AS) (i.e., fear of anxious arousal), intolerance of uncertainty (IU) (i.e., distress when confronted with uncertainty), and loneliness. To target AS, IU, and loneliness, we completed a pilot feasibility, acceptability, and utility trial of Coping Crew, our group, t

SUBMITTER: Flynt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12176177 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature