3 Mental Health Apps Comparable in Benefits
HCP Live July 26, 2024
A study demonstrated a smartphone app provides comparable benefits to cognitive behavior or mindfulness-based therapy, widening the supply gap for mental health care.
A recent study found mental health apps with personalized feedback provide similar benefits to apps incorporating mindfulness-based interventions or cognitive behavioral therapy.1
“The findings highlight the potential for [digital mental health interventions] to be offered as supplemental or adjunctive tools within health care systems,” wrote investigators, led by Adam G. Horwitz, PhD, from the department of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Mental health services have a wide gap between supply and demand. For people who cannot get an appointment, or have to wait a long time, being able to use an effective mental health...