Thread by @mcmullarkey

Where should folks turn if they want mental health support for depression *right now* and aren't in crisis?

Traditional talk therapy often has long waitlists

The therapy apps you've heard about promising quick access to treatment have lots of problems

What I recommend 🧵

Adults Part I

Program: Deprexis
Content: 10 self-guided, internet-based modules (most grounded in evidence-based approaches)
Cost: ~1-2 sessions of therapy ($280)
Evidence: Solid meta-analytic evidence across >10 RCTs journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
Link: orexo-store-2.mybigcommerce.com

Adults Part II

Program: MoodGYM
Content: 5 self-guided, internet-based modules (all grounded in CBT-based approaches)
Cost: <1 session of therapy ($27)
Evidence: Somewhat shaky meta-analytic evidence across >10 RCTs researchgate.net/profile/Conal-…
Link: moodgym.com.au

Adolescents Part I

Program: Project YES
Content: 3 single session intervention modules (All grounded in evidence-based strategies)
Cost: Free
Evidence: Both modules tested reduced depression vs. placebo in ~2,500 person RCT psyarxiv.com/ved4p/
Link: schleiderlab.org/yes.html

Adolescents Part I Contd

More evidence: mental.jmir.org/2020/6/e20513/
Languages: English and Spanish
Conflict of Interest: I'm part of the research team that developed the Project YES interventions/have access to the anonymous data/think the folks on the team are great

Everyone Part I

Program: One Mind PysberGuide
Content: Reviews of most avaialbe mental health support apps (If you want a non Deprexis/MoodGYM/Project YES self-guided option)
Cost: Free
Link: onemindpsyberguide.org
Shout out to: @steveschueller

Everyone Part II

Program: @therapy4theppl
Content: Directory of free and low cost therapy (including research studies that might be able to enroll you more quickly than other kinds of treatment)
Cost: Free
Link: therapy4thepeople.org
Shout out to: @ashleyscastro

I hope these resources are useful for at least some folks!

I'm very pro folks getting talk therapy, and most folks have to wait a long time before they can get that kind of help

I hope these alternatives can at the very least be useful to folks while they wait