NIH R01 · 2025
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT On a population level, digital mental health interventions effectively reduce depression and anxiety symptoms. However, middle-aged and older adults with depression and/or anxiety and coexisting chronic pain have not been adequately represented in digital mental health studies and are a significant population because: 1) chronic pain reduces the effectiveness of stand-alone mental health treatment unless a person’s pain is simultaneously addressed; 2) the prevalence of chronic pain increases with age; 3) physical and mental health related disability in these age groups have unique downstream effects (lost workforce, effects on dependent children, strain on…
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