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The Effect of a Digital Mental Health Program on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms: Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Severity.

Eldin DzuburJessica S YuJulia E HoffmanStefanie Lynn PainterRoberta A JamesBimal Shah
Published in: JMIR formative research (2023)
For participants with severe baseline scores, the study found a clinically significant reduction of approximately 9 points for anxiety and 12 points for depression after 6 months of enrollment, suggesting that interventions targeting mental health must maintain active, ongoing engagement when symptoms are present and be available as a continuous resource to maximize clinical impact, specifically in those experiencing severe anxiety or depression. Moreover, a dosing effect was shown, indicating improvement in outcomes among participants who engaged with the program every other day for both anxiety and depression. This suggests that digital mental health programs that provide both interesting and evidence-based activities could be more successful in further improving mental health outcomes.
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