Long-Term Outcomes of a Therapist-Supported, Smartphone-Based Intervention for Elevated Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Quasiexperimental, Pre-Postintervention Study

• Main Authors: Economides, Marcos (Author), Ranta, Kristian (Author), Nazander, Albert (Author), Hilgert, Outi (Author), Goldin, Philippe R (Author), Raevuori, Anu (Author), Forman-Hoffman, Valerie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundDepression is one of the most common mental health disorders and severely impacts one's physical, psychological, and social functioning. To address access barriers to care, we developed Ascend-a smartphone-delivered, therapist-supported, 8-week intervention based on several evidence-b...