this is all really helpful. thanks for the links to the other pieces of research and to a couple of eCBT companies I hadn’t heard of yet. Also interesting to see that the challenge is substantially behavioural.
I do hope this outcome is inevitable too, and I hope I can speed it along, rather than uselessly duplicating the work of others.
Yeah I think “inevitable” might be an overstatement, but there do seem to be some pretty promising companies in the area of cCBT for depression right now.
I know less about the apps focused on happiness. Their completion rates might be closer to those of open online courses (~7% on average) because the users might be more motivated. I think building a support community around the app could be important, maybe with users coaching each other? Duplication of effort isn’t necessarily a bad thing at this point because a lot of different approaches are needed to find the right combination of technology/content/support.
Phil,
this is all really helpful. thanks for the links to the other pieces of research and to a couple of eCBT companies I hadn’t heard of yet. Also interesting to see that the challenge is substantially behavioural.
I do hope this outcome is inevitable too, and I hope I can speed it along, rather than uselessly duplicating the work of others.
Yeah I think “inevitable” might be an overstatement, but there do seem to be some pretty promising companies in the area of cCBT for depression right now.
I know less about the apps focused on happiness. Their completion rates might be closer to those of open online courses (~7% on average) because the users might be more motivated. I think building a support community around the app could be important, maybe with users coaching each other? Duplication of effort isn’t necessarily a bad thing at this point because a lot of different approaches are needed to find the right combination of technology/content/support.