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Talkspace Remote Mental Health Service More Satisfactory Than Traditional Therapy, Research Suggests

Users of Talkspace -- a mobile, Web and text messaging platform for remotely communicating with therapists -- had higher satisfaction than traditional face-to-face therapy, said research from Columbia University clinical psychology doctoral candidate Thomas Hull. The study collected data from…

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58 Talkspace clients and found the majority reported "significantly greater well-being after 3.86 months of text therapy" than before beginning treatment, he wrote in a paper released Wednesday. It estimated the text therapy service to be one-third the cost of traditional therapy to achieve effective results, and found patient-provider relationships were "comparable to those found in traditional treatment settings."