UPMC DEVELOPS DIGITAL APP FOR REDUCING YOUTH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION

Researchers at UPMC Health have developed an app to help young people cope with anxiety and depression.  It was prescribed to a little under 300 young people who used it to contact a mental health expert when they were feeling symptoms.  UPMC officials say preliminary results indicate that 73-percent of users reduced their anxiety and nearly 60-percent saw reduced depression.  More studies will focus also on suicidal tendencies.