HelloBetter is not just a provider of digital health applications – we are a team of passionate researchers and patient-oriented psychotherapists. Sustainable improvement of the mental healthcare system can only be achieved with the best technical expertise in e-mental health.
Digital health applications have the potential to
meet the huge challenges posed by mental health care.
Every year in Germany around 30 percent of adults are affected by mental illness (Jacobi et al., 2014)
Though Germany provides an excellent level of care by international standards, over half of those affected by mental illness do not seek help (Mack et al., 2014)
On average, people suffering mental health problems only begin treatment after 6 to 8 years, once their illness has become chronic (Wang, Berglund et al., 2005; Wang, Angermeyer et al., 2007)
Even if treatment is provided, 6 out of 10 people do not receive the appropriate treatment for their illness (Trautmann & Beesdo-Baum, 2017; Gaebel et al., 2013)
The effectiveness of our online psychological courses has been assessed in over 32 randomised controlled trials which have been published or are about to be. The results show that our online courses are effective when compared with traditional face-to-face therapy.
HelloBetter brings together recognized experts with talented researchers in different areas of e-mental health. Let us introduce the people behind our research.
Development and evaluation of internet-based interventions for promoting mental health
Psychotherapy research
Depression prevention
Digital diagnostics
Implementation research & public policy
Development and evaluation of internet-based interventions for promoting mental health
Implementation research
Occupational e-mental health
Stress & depression
Development and evaluation of internet-based interventions for promoting mental health
Sleep & regeneration
Development of internet-based interventions for promoting mental health
Prevention
Dependency disorders
Mindfulness-based treatments
Development and evaluation of internet-based interventions for promoting mental health
Mobile mental health
Anxiety disorders
Predictive modeling & AI
Personalized sensing
Student mental health
Acceptance-facilitating interventions
Student mental health
Chatbot research
Implementation research
Effectiveness under routine conditions
Implementation research
Blended therapy
Sexual health and sexual dysfunction in women
Internet-based prevention and treatment of mental illnesses
Transdiagnostic approaches for affective disorders
Precision psychotherapy
With over 120 published articles and papers to date our researchers are making an important contribution to e-mental health research. The demand for these articles is reflected in the number of citations, which has been increasing steadily for years.
HelloBetter is proud to work with world-leading experts in e-mental health and to benefit from their guidance. They include the following members of our Advisory Board.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Lehr is Professor of Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology at Leuphana University Lüneburg. A medical psychologist and psychological psychotherapist with years of experience, his research focuses on occupational health interventions, particularly in the context of stress, sleep and depressive disorders.
Prof. Dr. Burkhardt Funk is Professor of Computer Science at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His research includes looking at innovative, data-driven “quantified self” methods in e-mental health interventions.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Berking is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Dr. Berking ranks among Germany’s top psychotherapy and emotion researchers. He is a pioneer in the research of app-based treatment methods.
Prof. Dr. Heleen Riper is Professor of E-Mental Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Professor Riper is former president of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). She has worked on over 40 national and international research projects on the development of innovative digital concepts for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems.
Prof. Dr. Ron Kessler is McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Professor Kessler is one of the most renowned psychiatric-oriented researchers worldwide. He works closely with the World Health Organization (WHO). With over 600 published articles Professor Kessler is one of the most cited researchers in quantitative social sciences.
Prof. Dr. Martin Hautzinger is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at Tübingen University. Professor Hautzinger is a leading and groundbreaking researcher in cognitive behavioural therapy for affective disorders in Germany. He has also authored numerous manuals and textbooks on clinical psychology and behavioural therapy, and developed the German version of the Beck Depression Inventory, a key resource for diagnosing depression.
Prof. Dr. Pim Cuijpers is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. With more than 500 peer-reviewed publications he is one of the world’s most eminent depression researchers. Together with Professor Andersson he is regarded as a pioneer in the fields of digital psychological interventions and prevention research.
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Andersson is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University in Sweden. Professor Andersson has conducted trailblazing research on online treatments for mental health problems, and is one of the most high-profile researchers in the field.
Prof. Dr. C. Barr Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science at Stanford University. Professor Taylor is one of the most renowned researchers in the field of eating disorders and the research of primary and secondary digital prevention concepts.
No other e-mental health start-up worldwide has tested its products to the same degree as HelloBetter. The following graphic shows the number of randomised controlled trials per company. Randomised controlled means that a clinical study is carried out in accordance with strict criteria for the assignment of individuals to a trial group and for the comparison of these groups.
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