Dr. Philip H. Levy, a pioneer in the treatment of people with disabilities and mental health issues, serves as the Chief Strategic Advisor for Mind Over Mist, a company that seeks to use videoconferencing software to connect people with excellent therapists. According to a recent study, Dr. Philip H. Levy’s innovative approach to mental health care shows promise. Scientists in Sweden studied Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people with anxiety disorders.

1. By Philip H. Levy

2. Dr. Philip H. Levy, a pioneer in the treatment of
people with disabilities and mental health issues,
serves as the Chief Strategic Advisor for Mind Over
Mist, a company that seeks to use videoconferencing
software to connect people with excellent therapists.
According to a recent study, Dr. Philip H. Levy’s
innovative approach to mental health care shows
promise. Scientists in Sweden studied Internet
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people with anxiety
disorders. The study focused on the segment of the
population whose anxiety disorders cause
hypochondria, causing them to lose productivity and
waste resources on unnecessary visits to primary care
physicians and emergency rooms.

3. The study compared online cognitive therapy
with a trained therapist to automated attention
control therapy. The patients who had cognitive
therapy tended to gain control over their disease
and remained in remission from anxiety a year
later. Experts are excited about prospects for
therapy via Internet. Internet therapy is less
expensive than in-office therapy and provides a
way to reach out to isolated individuals who lack
the time or transportation to attend traditional
therapy sessions.