Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT

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This study compares the effectiveness of a smartphone-based self-help app delivering exposure-based CBT against traditional face-to-face CBT for individuals with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Using post hoc analysis of two independent randomized controlled trials, the authors report that while both interventions showed high adherence, the face-to-face format resulted in significantly greater reductions in panic symptoms, depressive symptoms, and avoidance behaviors. The resource suggests digital interventions may be best suited for stepped-care models or as a bridge to waiting periods rather than a direct replacement for in-person therapy.

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Justine Spies (Universität Hamburg), Thomas Lang� (University of Bremen), Alexander L. Gerlach (University of Cologne), Tilo Kircher (Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie), Alfons O. Hamm (Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Georg W. Alpers (Technische Hochschule Mannheim), Thomas Fydrich (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Volker Arolt (University Hospital Münster), Jürgen Deckert (Universitätsklinikum Würzburg), Andreas Ströhle (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen (Technische Universität Dresden), Sylvia Helbig‐Lang (Universität Hamburg)
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2025-09-01
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hybrid
DOI
10.1111/papt.70012
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@article{allodium:b09c699dc56046db,
  title = {Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT},
  author = {Justine Spies and Thomas Lang� and Alexander L. Gerlach and Tilo Kircher and Alfons O. Hamm and Georg W. Alpers and Thomas Fydrich and Volker Arolt and Jürgen Deckert and Andreas Ströhle and Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen and Sylvia Helbig‐Lang},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.1111/papt.70012},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.70012}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT
AU  - Spies, Justine
AU  - Lang�, Thomas
AU  - Gerlach, Alexander L.
AU  - Kircher, Tilo
AU  - Hamm, Alfons O.
AU  - Alpers, Georg W.
AU  - Fydrich, Thomas
AU  - Arolt, Volker
AU  - Deckert, Jürgen
AU  - Ströhle, Andreas
AU  - Wïttchen, Hans‐Ulrich
AU  - Helbig‐Lang, Sylvia
PY  - 2025
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.1111/papt.70012
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.70012
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Spies, J., Lang�, T., Gerlach, A. L., Kircher, T., Hamm, A. O., Alpers, G. W., Fydrich, T., Arolt, V., Deckert, J., Ströhle, A., Wïttchen, H., & Helbig‐Lang, S. (2025). Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.70012

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