More Light? Opportunities and Pitfalls in Digitalized Psychotherapy Process Research

Frontiers in Psychology

Matthias Domhardt¹  Harald Baumeister¹  David Daniel Ebert²  Pim Cuijpers² 

[1] Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany;Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands;

关键词: psychotherapy;    mechanisms of change;    e- and m-health;    mediators;    components;    active ingredients;    digital factors;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.544129

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

While the evidence on the effectiveness of different psychotherapies is often strong, it is not settled whereby and how these therapies work. Knowledge on the causal factors and change mechanisms is of high clinical and public relevance, as it contributes to the empirically informed advancement of psychotherapeutic interventions. Here, digitalized research approaches might possess the potential to generate new insights into human behavior change, contributing to augmented interventions and mental healthcare practices with better treatment outcomes. In this perspective article, we describe recent findings of research into change mechanisms that were only feasible with digital tools and outline important future directions for this rather novel branch of research. Furthermore, we indicate several challenges and pitfalls that are to be solved, in order to advance digitalized psychotherapy process research, both methodologically and technologically.

【 授权许可】

CC BY