Two-way messaging therapy for depression and anxiety: longitudinal response trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine is a strategy for overcoming barriers to access evidence-based psychotherapy. Digital modalities that operate outside session-based treatment formats, such as ongoing two-way messaging, may further address these challenges. However, no study to date has established suitability criteria for this medium.

Methods

A large outpatient sample (n = 10,718) engaged in daily messaging with licensed clinicians from a telemedicine provider. Patients consisted of individuals from urban and rural settings in all 50 states of the US, who signed up to the telemedicine provider. Using a longitudinal design, symptoms changes were observed during a 12 week treatment course. Symptoms were assessed from baseline every three weeks using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PH

SUBMITTER: Hull TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291694 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature