Online Therapy Has Similar Benefits As Face-To-Face CBT

People diagnosed with depression who completed an eight-week online program that delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had a reduction in their depression symptoms equivalent to the reduction experienced by people who received CBT during face-to-face office-based sessions. About 70% of those who completed the online CBT program experienced recovery; after treatment their clinical depression symptoms were below the diagnostic threshold.

The plans for the study were reported in “Internet-Delivered Treatment: Its Potential as a Low-Intensity Community Intervention for Adults with Symptoms of Depression: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial” by Derek Richards, Ladislav Timulak . . .