Texting May Work As Add-On to Therapy for Severe Mental Illness
Psychiatric Services.Investigators found that 91 percent of participants found the text-messaging acceptable, 94 percent indicated that it made them feel better and 87 percent said they would recommend it to a friend.“This study is very exciting because we saw real improvement in those who utilized the text messaging-based intervention on top of normal care.
This was true for individuals with some of the most serious forms of mental illness,” said co-author Dr. William J. Hudenko, a research assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth.“The results are promising, and we anticipate that people with less severe psychopathology may even do better with this type of mobile intervention.”With the COVID-19.
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