A new study reveals that offering phones for psychotherapy can drive out pessimism Under this study, people diagnosed with depression are taken into account and were told to cover the eight scheduled visits to therapist through phone calls. These participants covered the same material which is prescribed for face to face meetings.

 Therapist does not give patients any anti depressant medication and facilitates the calls length from 21 to 52 minutes. Therapist had followed phone therapy at a stretch of around six months and found that 42 percent of participants have recovered from depression. But when similar therapy is conducted in person it shows the recovery rate as 50 percent.

Diane Spangler, a Brigham Young University (BYU) psychology professor and study co-author supported phone therapy and said that introducing phone or webcam option to the patients appears to be effective and more useful as it will reduce the cost, it is more users friendly, and it does not require any travelling or waiting. A BYU release said that phone therapy might not be accepted by everyone. It reveals that only one third of people are comfortable with phone therapy while others have preferred for one to one discussion in their living room.

The study releases in the June issue of Behaviour Therapy.