In a review of clinical trials done since 2010, we found that in-person treatment for depression is no different from virtual treatment in terms of symptom remission. Virtual treatments included both telehealth with a mental health provider and fully automated internet-based treatments.

Investigators tested whether anxiety sensitivity, a psychological risk factor defined as fear of anxious arousal, early after trauma predicted posttraumatic outcomes in the eight weeks posttrauma. Results showed that among 2,269 participants from the AURORA study, anxiety sensitivity predicted worse posttraumatic symptom trajectories across many different types of symptoms, including posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, sleep … Read more