Pear Therapeutics Adds Two PDTs To Treat Depression

Pear Therapeutics acquired a digital therapeutic for depression from Waypoint Health and licensed an Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy program for residual symptoms of depression from a psychologist in Sweden.

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Pear Therapeutics is adding depression to the growing list of conditions addressed by its cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) prescription digital therapeutic (PDTs) technology.

A recent study, led by Catherine Ettman of Boston University, showed that about a third of US adults experienced depressive...

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