Teletherapy for depression and anxiety
How well talk therapy delivered over video works for low mood and anxiety, measured before and after with standardised scales.
Research
We study what we do, and publish it.
We measure real-world clinical outcomes for people in India, then write them up and put them out for others to check. Care should be accountable.
What we study
Our research focus.
Digital rehabilitation for schizophrenia
Whether structured online rehabilitation improves functioning and quality of life, tested against a control group.
Adolescent emotion regulation
Skills programmes that help young people, especially girls, understand and manage difficult emotions.
Real-world outcome measurement
Tracking change with validated tools (PHQ-9, GAD-7, DASS-21) across thousands of real sessions in everyday clinical practice.
Publications
Our published work.
Peer-reviewed studies on care delivered in everyday Indian practice. A selection is below. Direct links to full PDFs are being added as we confirm permissions with each journal.
2025n=37
Depression and anxiety treated over video
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review
Holistic therapy delivered by videoconferencing significantly reduced both depression and anxiety, with anxiety scores falling from 22.7 to 9.0 across the study.
Dr. Neerja Agarwal, Bhaswati Das, Saloni· full text link forthcoming
2024n=70 (with control group)
Digital rehabilitation for schizophrenia
Indian Journal of Health and Well-being
Over six months of digital rehabilitation, the treatment group showed significant gains in quality of life and functioning and a marked drop in symptom severity, compared with controls.
Dr. Neerja Agarwal, Bhaswati Das, Saloni, Swati Yadav, Rani Chandran· full text link forthcoming
2025n=70
Coping, quality of life and functioning in schizophrenia
Indian Journal of Health and Well-being
Mapped how coping styles and family environment relate to quality of life and day-to-day functioning for people living with schizophrenia in India.
Dr. Neerja Agarwal, Bhaswati Das, Saloni· full text link forthcoming
2023n=32
An emotion-regulation programme for adolescent girls
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology
A structured skills programme significantly increased healthy coping strategies and reduced unhelpful ones like rumination, a building block of anxiety and low mood.
Dr. Neerja Agarwal, Sharanya Jain, Saloni· full text link forthcoming
Across our practice, 92.5% of clients show measurable improvement from our internal outcomes data. For the client-facing summary, see outcomes.
How we work
Programme and methodology.
Standardised scales, real settings, peer review. The same measurement discipline underpins our day-to-day clinical work and our published studies. See how it is used in care on assessments.
Validated instruments
PHQ-9 for depression, GAD-7 for anxiety, DASS-21 for distress, repeated at intake and through care so change is observable, not anecdotal.
Real clients, real settings
Studies are run with people we actually treat, in everyday practice across India, rather than in a controlled lab that looks nothing like real life.
Open to scrutiny
Work goes to peer-reviewed journals so other clinicians and researchers can check the methods and the numbers.
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The team behind it
Research led by Dr. Neerja Agarwal.
Our co-founder and Clinical Director leads the research programme, working with clinicians across the practice to design studies and measure what actually helps.
Meet the teamCollaborate with us
Researching mental health in India? Let's work together.
We partner with institutions, journalists, and researchers on real-world studies. If you are working on something, we would like to hear about it.
Whenever you're ready, however you'd like.
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