Digital Phenotyping Trial Opens: Personalised CBT vs Supportive Counselling for Anxiety-Alcohol Comorbidity — What Clinicians Need to Know
247 Health News Editorial
·2 Aug 2026
·5 min read
·clinical-trialsA new Rutgers-sponsored trial is using smartphone-based digital phenotyping to build personalised cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for adults with co-occurring anxiety disorders and alcohol use problems. The three-arm randomised study aims to determine whether real-time, passively collected behavioural data can meaningfully improve treatment outcomes in one of psychiatry's most challenging comorbidities. Australian clinicians working in addiction and mental health should monitor this trial closely for its implications for precision psychiatry and telehealth-delivered care.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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