Another breakthrough that she says could help them achieve those dual goals: telemedicine, by which doctors can check up on
their patients via video chat or phone — though Lee notes that the current lack of insurance reimbursement for those services is holding back its potential.
We carefully regarded best practice guidelines for empirically supported CBT group treatments of depression (eg, psychoeducation, behavioural goal setting, cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention and double trainer setting) during the design of the intervention.44 Online modules were made accessible
via a secure web - based non-profit environment (Moodle with Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) access), featuring
videos, online work sheets, an unguided group
chat and remote therapist —
patient communication.