Assessing rural populations’ barriers to mental healthcare and perceptions towards prescription digital therapeutics: a cross-sectional survey
Existing gaps in care and positive perceptions towards PDTs demonstrate unique promise for these modalities to address unmet mental health needs. However, lower PDT familiarity among rural respondents suggests a need for provider intervention and policy reforms.
Authors
- Arundati Nagendra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-399X)
- M. Amala Robins
- C E Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-6591)
- Junko Saber
- Lisa Palko
- Grace Danon
- Chuck Strand
- Adam Colborn
- Jackie Menjivar
Institutions
- ActionAid (US)
- Mental Health America (US)
- Epiphany Biosciences (United States) (US)
- American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (US)
- Mayville State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Digital Health
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1655446
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00