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Free online counselling to begin nationally for people with anxiety and depression

Written by SilverCloud® by Amwell® | Sep 24, 2021 10:26:50 AM

(Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/) Free online counselling therapy for anxiety and depression is being provided nationally following the success of an initial pilot.

Some 88 per cent of patients who presented with severe anxiety and depressions experienced significantly reduced symptoms after the online counselling sessions, the pilot found.

After two months of digitally-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), 57 per cent of users with a clinical diagnosis of anxiety and depression were found to be “diagnosis-free”.

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