It's unlikely that your therapist will be replaced by a computer program anytime soon. That's the takeaway of recent study out of Britain looking at the effectiveness of computer-assisted therapy for ...

Yale researchers have developed a computer-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program to treat substance abuse and dependence, and report that it results in better outcomes both in the near term ...

Computer games could help in treating older people with depression who haven't been helped by antidepressant drugs or other treatments for the disorder, researchers say. In a study of 11 older ...

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When the government announced earlier this year that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) would be made available on the NHS, the move was broadly welcomed by mental health charities and ...

A computer-based therapy can potentially help stroke survivors recover some movements in their hands. A new study in South Australia assessed the effectiveness of a brain-computer interface (BCI) ...