A Relational Agent Intervention for Adolescents Seeking Mental Health Treatment: Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial Within a Children's Outpatient Hospital.

Mary Margaret Gleason¹, Megan Flom², Stephanie Rapoport², Andre Williams², Autumn Birch², Nicole K Wells¹, Valerie Forman-Hoffman², Athena Robinson²

¹Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.

²Woebot Health, San Francisco, California.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Despite steady increases in the prevalence of depression and anxiety, many adolescents remain undertreated. Digital mental health interventions (DMHI) may address some barriers to care. This study is the first to examine the prospective noninferiority of a smartphone-based, self-guided relational agent (W-GenZD) DMHI to address adolescent depressive symptoms compared to group-based tele…

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