Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With Anxiety Disorders: A Prospective, National Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety disorders have the highest prevalence of all psychiatric disorders in China. Medication and psychotherapy are two main treatment approaches for this group of disorders, and when used in combinations are significantly more beneficial than medication alone. The resources are insufficient. The availability of psychotherapy is low due to the limited resources. Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted psychotherapy offers an opportunity to develop an efficient and standardized psychotherapy model and improve the availability of psychotherapy, which is key to improve the clinical efficacy of anxiety disorder treatments.

Objectives

The present protocol aims to determine whether medication plus AI-assisted psychotherapy has greater efficacy than medication alone in t

SUBMITTER: Su S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8810817 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature