Messaging Therapy for Depression and Anxiety: A Longitudinal Effectiveness Study

Talkspace

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms; Anxiety Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: psychotherapy via asynchronous message

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03699488

1001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Therapies delivered via technology have been developed to improve accessibility, however, there is limited research regarding messaging therapy in particular, and none that we know of utilizing a longitudinal effectiveness design. The aim of this study was to investigate the overall effectiveness of messaging therapy, identify any contributors to its effectiveness, and to evaluate a dosage effect for this type of treatment.

Enrollment: 12,980 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed Depression and/or Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Any psychosis related symptoms or disorders