Topic: Depression
The Promise of Digital Interventions To Reduce the Disease Burden of Depression
Depression is a major public health problem, affecting hundreds of millions of people across the globe. The personal suffering of patients and their families is enormous and the economic costs associated with depression are vast. There are effective treatments, but
Amid Therapy Waitlists, New AI Coach may be Quicker Option
The growth of artificial intelligence has drawn praise as well as anxiety and skepticism. But researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues have found that their AI app appears to be useful in treating anxiety and depression.
An Open Trial of the Things You Do Questionnaire: Changes in Daily Actions During Internet-Delivered Treatment for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms
During online treatment for anxiety and depression, participants reported increases in the frequency of the actions captured by the longer and briefer versions of the TYDQ, as well increases in satisfaction with life, alongside decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Text4Support Shows How Technology Can Aid Mental Health Care
There is an innovative text-based mental health service called Text4Support that is already having a positive impact on Nova Scotia’s healthcare system, and improving access to mental health care.
Therapy on the Go: Mildly Depressed or Simply Stressed, People Are Tapping Apps for Mental Health Care
Over the last decade, digital access to therapy has become increasingly common, however, real questions persist about how apps are regulated and how to ensure user privacy and care quality.
Free Online Counselling to Begin Nationally in Ireland for People with Anxiety and Depression
Free online counselling therapy for anxiety and depression is being provided nationally in Ireland following the success of an initial pilot. Some 88 per cent of patients who presented with severe anxiety and depressions experienced significantly reduced symptoms after the
Using Brief Measures to Identify Depression and Other Mental Disorders: A Challenge for Research and Clinical Practice
In more recent decades our understanding of depression and related conditions have been codified into formal diagnostic classification systems…This editorial seeks to remind our field that although brief measures are useful tools, when used inappropriately, they may lead to a
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