Smartphone-Based Approach-Avoidance Bias Modification Training for Depression: Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective treatments for depression are available, yet many patients do not respond to treatment or experience relapse. Cognitive bias modification aims to ameliorate cognitive biases that contribute to the development and maintenance of the disorder.

Objective

This study examines the efficacy of a novel mobile approach-avoidance bias modification training with socioemotional cues for depression.

Methods

In this randomized clinical superiority trial, 75 inpatients with depression underwent 6 sessions of either active or sham approach-avoidance bias modification training with socioemotional cues over the course of 2 weeks alongside inpatient treatment as usual. The primary outcome was self-reported depressive symptoms, and the secondary outcomes included app

SUBMITTER: Blomberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12661601 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature