Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face <scp>CBT</scp>
Although a smartphone-based CBT intervention was effective in reducing symptoms of panic and agoraphobia, its efficacy was significantly below the effects of the same intervention delivered in face-to-face format. Thus, digital interventions might be most suitable within a stepped-care approach or to bridge waiting times for psychotherapy.
Authors
- Sylvia Helbig‐Lang
- Alfons O. Hamm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3352-6231)
- Thomas Fydrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-2302)
- Tilo T. J. Kircher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-2625)
- Volker Arolt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2445-9778)
- Alexander L. Gerlach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-5349)
- Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6311-7711)
- Georg W. Alpers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9896-5158)
- Justine Spies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5702-8058)
- Jürgen Deckert
- Thomas Lang� (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7016-4946)
- Andreas Ströhle
Institutions
- Technische Hochschule Mannheim (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Constructor University (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- Institute for Applied Systems Technology Bremen (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.70012
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00