The long road to routine care: piloting the digital mental health intervention for PTSD “Radius Grow” in a psychiatric residential setting
Sören Freerik Brähmer, Benjamin Iffland, Martina Bertino, Martin Driessen, Johanna Boettcher, Carolin Steuwe · 2026
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Therapy for PTSD works in the clinic, but gains can fade when patients return to daily life. The authors pilot a blended approach in a residential psychiatric hospital: face-to-face trauma therapy plus a digital program called Radius Grow. Thirty-six patients take part in a two-group comparison, measured at admission, discharge, and three months later. Sixteen clinicians also join. The team gathers interviews, software use logs, and questionnaires from both sides.
Patients rate the software as easy to use, while clinicians split in their opinions. Actual use is patchy on both sides, held back by capacity limits and a fuzzy definition of what the tool is for. Still, both groups name real benefits: closer collaboration and longer engagement with therapy content. Symptom scores show no clear edge for the digital group. The authors argue that blended care needs a tight plan linking the digital and human parts.
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| CREATOR | Sören Freerik Brähmer, Benjamin Iffland, Martina Bertino, Martin Driessen, Johanna Boettcher, Carolin Steuwe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |