Online therapy as effective as in-person therapy, finds large study

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When COVID arrived early in 2020, pandemic restrictions made in-person mental health care difficult or impossible. Both therapists and patients had to adapt almost overnight. For many in the field, it felt like a gamble: could this screen-based format offer the same level of support for people struggling with depression, anxiety or trauma?

Evidence has been growing, but until now few studies have compared treatment outcomes before and during the pandemic. Research...