Chatbot-Delivered Psychotherapy for Adults With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

2021/10/13 by Shi Min Lim, Sung won Lim, Chyi Wey Claudine Shiau +2 · 164 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Anxiety #Artificial intelligence #Chatbot #Clinical psychology #Confidence interval #Depression (economics) #Depressive symptoms #Digital Mental Health Interventions #Internal medicine #Medicine #Mental Health Research Topics #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Meta-analysis #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Randomized controlled trial

paper · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2021.09.007

published in Behavior Therapy 53(2), 334-347 (Elsevier BV)

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