Smartphone-Based Approach-Avoidance Bias Modification Training for Depression: Randomized Clinical Trial
Mobile approach-avoidance bias modification training with socioemotional cues did not reduce depressive symptoms in the short term but did in the long term. Mobile training and assessment versions may be more feasible in the future, as they require no joystick setup and can be conducted on patients' smartphones. Future work needs to further examine short- and long-term efficacy and the mechanisms driving long-term symptom change in larger multicenter trials.
Authors
- Maximilian Blomberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-0864)
- Timo Brockmeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-7610)
- Hilmar Zech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5141-7952)
- M Kluge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9214-3348)
- Helmut Platte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3673-5908)
- Nico Böhmert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2113-509X)
Institutions
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Climate Risk Analysis (Germany) (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR mhealth and uhealth
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/69033
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00