Message-Based vs Video-Based Psychotherapy for Depression
Michael D. Pullmann; Julien Rouvere; Patrick J. Raue; Isabell Griffith Fillipo; Brittany Ann Mosser; Patrick J. Heagerty; Nicole Fridling; Aarthi Padmanabhan · 2025 · JAMA Network Open
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Abstract
Importance: There is a need to determine the relative effect of message-based psychotherapy (MBP), an asynchronous approach that uses emails, texts, or voice or video messages to permit therapeutic exchanges, compared with video-based psychotherapy (VBP) and whether a combination of modalities would result in better outcomes for those who do not respond to either treatment alone. Objectives: To compare MBP with VBP on a commercial digital mental health platform and test combinations of modalities for participants who did not respond to single-modality treatment. Design, Setting, and Participan
Abstract by Michael D. Pullmann; Julien Rouvere; Patrick J. Raue; Isabell Griffith Fillipo; Brittany Ann Mosser; Patrick J. Heagerty; Nicole Fridling; Aarthi Padmanabhan, JAMA Network Open (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.40065