Clinician guidance in digital therapeutics for panic disorder: Meta-analytic dissection and implications for regulatory framing and scalable deployment
This meta-analysis revealed that self-guided digital interventions effectively reduce the overall symptom severity in panic disorder, whereas clinician involvement exerts a notably stronger influence on cognition-related outcomes. These findings support a domain-specific and context-sensitive understanding of guidance. Accordingly, the DTx design and policy should match the mechanistic pathways through which psychological change will occur.
Authors
- Euna Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-7059)
- Inhye Cho
- Hankil Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-159X)
- Youngmin Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-8155)
- Byung-Hoon Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2501-038X)
- Min Jung Chang
- Junhyung Kim
Institutions
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Kangbuk Samsung Hospital (KR)
- The Catholic University of Korea Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital (KR)
- Catholic University of Korea (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103074
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00