Efficacy of synchronous telepsychology interventions for people with anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder: A rapid evidence assessment.
Abstract
Telepsychology holds promise as a treatment delivery method that may increase access to services as well as reduce barriers to treatment accessibility. The aim of this rapid evidence assessment was to assess the evidence for synchronous telepsychology interventions for 4 common mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder). Randomized controlled trials published between 2005 and 2016 that investigated synchronous telepsychology (i.e., telephone delivered, video teleconference delivered, or Internet delivered text based) were identified through literature searches. From an initial yield of 2,266 studies, 24 were included in the review. Ten studies investigated the effectiveness of telephone-delivered interventions, 11 investigated the effectiveness of video teleconference (VTC) interventions, 2 investigated Internet-delivered text-based interventions, and 2 were reviews of multiple telepsychology modalities. There was sufficient evidence to support VTC and telephone-delivered interventions for mental health conditions. The evidence for synchronous Internet-delivered text-based interventions was ranked as "unknown." Telephone-delivered and VTC-delivered psychological interventions provide a mode of treatment delivery that can potentially overcome barriers and increase access to psychological interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Authors
- Varker, T., Brand, R. M., Ward, J., Terhaag, S., & Phelps, A.
- Venue
- Psychological Services
- Published
- 2019-11
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 621-635
- ISSN
- 1541-1559 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-148X
- OpenAlex
- W2805360865
- Cited by
- 261
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 86 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 27.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Transport Accident Commission
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- telephone-delivered intervention, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, access to mental health care, treatment delivery
- MeSH terms
- Adjustment Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Psychotherapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Telephone, Telemedicine, Internet, Videoconferencing
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