Posts Tagged ‘NICE’
NICE in the UK issues recommendation for Sleepio app, the digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia by Big Health
Sleepio becomes first digital therapeutic to receive NICE guidance (MobiHealthNews): The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the Sleepio app as an effective alternative to sleeping pills. In its guidance, NICE states the app, created by digital therapeutics (DTx) firm Big Health, is a safe and effective treatment for people suffering from…
Read MoreStudy: Self-guided sleep app Sleepio, combined with standard care for depression and anxiety, delivers better outcomes than standard care alone
Study backs benefit of insomnia DTx Sleepio on mental health (pharmaphorum): The study – published in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy – tested the Sleepio app developed by digital health specialist Big Health as an add-on to standard NHS care for anxiety and depression under the improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) policy. Patients…
Read MoreTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation shows early promise to ameliorate depression, especially if combined with other therapies and dosage optimized
___ Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Promising for Major Depressive Disorder (Psychiatry Advisor): “Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an investigative modality for major depressive disorder (MDD) that has shown some promising results. Though it has a while before it is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, clinicians and patients have been clamoring for…
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