Priority 7 from the Digital Technology for Mental Health PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Are therapies (e.g. CBT) delivered via digital technology as effective as those delivered face-to-face? (JLA PSP Priority 7)
Overall ranking	7
JLA question ID	0069/7
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	No systematic reviews identified
Health Research Classification System category	Mental Health

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Are online therapies able to offer the same outcomes as face to face therapy? ~ Are they better than face-to-face interactions? ~ Do they have anything close to the efficacy of face-to-face/traditional approaches? ~ How do these technologies compare to more 'traditional' interventions? ~ Is there any evidence that using technology for mental health is actually better or at least not inferior to face to face delivery?
Submitted by	11 x Service User ~ 2 x Carer ~ 12 x Practitioner

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

Are online therapies able to offer the same outcomes as face to face therapy? ~ Are they better than face-to-face interactions? ~ Do they have anything close to the efficacy of face-to-face/traditional approaches? ~ How do these technologies compare to more 'traditional' interventions? ~ Is there any evidence that using technology for mental health is actually better or at least not inferior to face to face delivery?

Submitted by

11 x Service User ~ 2 x Carer ~ 12 x Practitioner

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0069
PSP name	Digital Technology for Mental Health
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	134 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	12 March 2018