NICE Recommends CBT Apps for Childhood Anxiety

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a new guidance recommending the use of certain cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) apps for children aged 5-18 living with anxiety. The guidance is the first for this class of app, as the decision was made through an early value assessment (EVA) pathway that accelerates the recommendation process.

According to Phil Taylor, “The process aims to take around six months, quicker than the current timescale for NICE medical technologies guidance. It comes amid recognition that the digital technologies route first piloted in 2019 has only seen one positive recommendation by NICE since it went live.”

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(Source: pharmaphorum, February 8^th, 2023)