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Ethical Issues for Direct-to-Consumer Digital Psychotherapy Apps: Addressing Accountability, Data Protection, and Consent

This paper focuses on the ethical challenges presented by direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital psychotherapy services that do not involve oversight by a professional mental health provider. DTC digital psychotherapy services can potentially assist in improving access to mental health care for the many people who would otherwise not have the resources or ability to connect with a therapist. However, the lack of adequate regulation in this area exacerbates concerns over how safety, privacy, accountabi

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Published: 23 April 2018
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Privacy · Healthcare · Transparency
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (23 April 2018), “Ethical Issues for Direct-to-Consumer Digital Psychotherapy Apps: Addressing Accountability, Data Protection, and Consent,” evidence record 8385, https://ethics.ai/record/8385 (originally published by OpenAlex).

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