9 hours
of group care a week at PathWell, across three mornings.
Outcomes
What changes in a program like ours.
Published research on intensive outpatient care, in plain words. Tap any number to read the study.
The research
What the studies found.
57%
Depression
Anxiety
Average depression scores fell by more than half.
66 adults in a group IOP, 3 days a week, 3 hours a day.
Moderate to minimal
The same group's average anxiety score, start to finish.
Sticking with it95%
finished a 6-week intensive outpatient program for depression. Average scores fell 42%.
More than once a week
Meeting more often helps people stay.
In a trial of 200 adults with depression, therapy twice a week instead of once cut dropouts nearly in half, and people improved faster.
Research library
The research behind this kind of care.
Published studies and reviews on intensive outpatient care, depression and anxiety. Each one opens at its source.
Study · 2020
Group IOP three days a week: depression and anxiety scores at the start and finish
Research in PsychotherapyStudy · 2020Twice-weekly vs once-weekly therapy for depression: dropout and response
British Journal of PsychiatryStudy · 2019A 6-week outpatient intensive program for depression: 400 adults
BMC PsychiatryReview · 2013How often therapy meets: 70 studies of depression treatment compared
Journal of Affective DisordersStudy · 2021A 3-week, 3-hours-a-day intensive outpatient program, delivered by video
JMIR Mental HealthStudy · 2025Concentrated treatment for panic disorder: remission 18 months later
BMC PsychiatryStudy · 2023Hospital and day-clinic treatment for depression and anxiety across 19 sites
Frontiers in PsychiatryStudy · 2014CBT in a partial hospital program for depression: 951 adults
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