EASIER ACCESS TO THERAPY: Representatives from Talkspace say on their website that they believe online therapy really is effective if done by qualified individuals, as research suggests, yet they don't consider it a substitute for offline therapy.
Treating depression with video conference calls may offer symptom improvement similar to in-person visits, a recent US study suggests.
Researchers randomly assigned 241 depressed elderly veterans to receive eight weeks of psychotherapy either by visiting a clinician’s office or by using in-home videoconferencing technology. All of them could also take antidepressants.
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