Weekly News Wire | July 15, 2021
Online Mental Health Intervention Improves Anxiety For Consumers With Scleroderma During COVID-19
An online mental health intervention, called the Scleroderma Patient-Centred Intervention Network COVID-19 Home-Isolation Activities Together (SPIN-CHAT) Program, reduced anxiety symptoms among individuals with scleroderma who were isolated due to restrictions put in place due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Six weeks after completing the SPIN-CHAT Program, the participants’ anxiety symptom scores dropped by 2.36 points from the baseline score, and their depression symptom scores dropped by 1.64 points from baseline.
The SPIN-CHAT Program is an intensive mental health intervention, designed to target anxiety, and led by trained peer support leaders. The . . .
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