A review from Northwestern Medicine highlights that nearly half of individuals with mental health needs do not pursue treatment. Importantly, single-session interventions, which involve a structured one-time visit with a healthcare professional, have been shown to significantly enhance mental health outcomes. While these interventions should not replace ongoing support, they are recognized for their scalability and potential to fill critical gaps in the mental healthcare system. The lead researcher noted surprising findings indicating the effectiveness of these interventions, paving the way for new strategies to optimize initial patient encounters.
"I don't believe that single-session interventions should replace any other kinds of support that already exist in our mental healthcare ecosystem. But I do think that single-session interventions, because of how scalable they are, especially digital, self-guided single-session interventions, are really poised to fill these untouched gaps in the mental healthcare system that high-intensity treatments... were never built to address."
"This was really surprising to me, because I'm trained as a psychotherapist to give treatments that are weeks or months or even years long. But ever since that meta-analysis, I've been dead set on figuring out how we can optimize and make the most of the first, and often last, clinical encounter that someone might have access to."
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