Depression therapy by email
Psychological treatment of patients by email could become a cheaper alternative to face-to-face counselling, psychologists in Sweden say after conducting a pilot study.
A research group at the University of Norrkoeping, in southeast Sweden, treated 90 patients for depression via email only throughout the spring, a first in Sweden.
“The collected data looks good and we have very good feedback from participants,” psychologist Kristofer Vernmark told the local Norrkoepings Tidningar newspaper.
