Evidence is accumulating that treatment for psychiatric problems can in some cases be effectively delivered online.1 Online treatment does not necessarily imply less therapist support (eg, treatment can be delivered through video call), but most online treatments are at least in part self-directed. Research on online treatment therefore not only answers to calls from policy makers and clinical practice about when online treatment can safely replace or outperform in-person treatment, but also challenges assumptions on hypothesized key therapeutic principles (eg, essential common elements) and can discover new therapeutic principles.
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