{"id":145,"date":"2014-10-02T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T05:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2020-02-11T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:41:34","slug":"how-to-treat-depression-over-the-telephone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/how-to-treat-depression-over-the-telephone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Treat Depression Over The Telephone."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is curled from a research from Brigham Young University published in Behavior Therapy. It was found that providing treatment for clinical depression over the telephone can be almost as effective as face-to-face consultations.<\/p>\n

\"depp\"<\/a>According to the Research.
\nThe study recruited 30 individuals newly diagnosed with major depression. Participants covered issues normally addressed during eight clinic appointments in a series of phone calls with the psychotherapist lasting between 21 and 52 minutes. Patients did not receive antidepressant medication. At six month follow-up, 42 per cent had recovered. Similar therapy conducted in person is reported to have a 50 per cent recovery rate.<\/p>\n