Teletherapy outcomes

Question 1

Transdiagnostic Treatment

Answer 1

*Bio-psycho-social
*Commonalities across disorders
*Equal or superior to other treatments

-CBT- Enhanced (AN,BN, BED, Bipolar)
-Emotion-focused therapy- transdiagnostic
-ACT
-Parent-Child-Intervention Therapy (PCIT)

Question 2

Telepsychology & Anxiety Disorders

Answer 2

-Effective in treating anxiety and comorbidity
*CBT via telehealth has been show to be effective in treating panic disorder, agoraphobia, & GAD

Question 3

Telepsychology & PTSD

Answer 3

-Comparable to in-person
-Similar outcomes in Sx reduction, attendance and drop out, satisfaction and therapist fidelity to protocol.

*Therapeutic alliance was different between in-person and telehealth

Question 4

Telepsychology & MDD

Answer 4

-Shown to be effective treatment
-No difference in outcome from in-person
-Mixed attrition rates.

Question 5

Telepsychology & BN

Answer 5

-Not as effective as in-person
-Pace for recovery is slower

In-person:
-greater reduction in depression and disordered cognition.
-greater abstinence rates post treatment & lower anxiety