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Outcomes & research

Care that's been studied.

We measure how our clients actually do, with standardised clinical scales, and we publish what we find. Good intentions aren't enough in mental health. Evidence is.

92.5%

of clients show significant clinical improvement

From our internal outcomes data, tracked with standardised clinical scales.

Plenty of mental health care is delivered on instinct and never measured. We do it differently. We track outcomes with the same standardised tools used in research (PHQ-9 for depression, GAD-7 for anxiety, DASS-21, and others), so we know whether people are genuinely getting better, not just whether they liked the session. And we put our work up for peer review.

How we know it's working

How we know it's working.

Standardised scales, not vibes

Every client's progress is tracked with validated clinical measures, repeated over time, so improvement is something we can see and show, not just hope for.

Real clients, real settings

Our published studies are run on people we actually treat, in everyday clinical practice across India, not in a controlled lab that looks nothing like real life.

Open to scrutiny

We submit our work to peer-reviewed journals, where other clinicians and researchers can check the methods and the numbers. Four are published.

Published research

Our published work.

Our clinical team, led by our co-founder Dr. Neerja Agarwal, has published research on how digital and in-person care actually performs for Indian clients. A selection is below.

2025 · n=37

Depression and anxiety treated over video

IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review

Holistic therapy delivered by videoconferencing significantly reduced both depression and anxiety, with anxiety scores falling from 22.7 to 9.0 across the study.

2024 · n=70 (with control group)

Digital rehabilitation for schizophrenia

Indian Journal of Health and Well-being

Over six months of digital rehabilitation, the treatment group showed significant gains in quality of life and functioning and a marked drop in symptom severity, compared with controls.

2025 · n=70

Coping, quality of life and functioning in schizophrenia

Indian Journal of Health and Well-being

Mapped how coping styles and family environment relate to quality of life and day-to-day functioning for people living with schizophrenia in India.

2023 · n=32

An emotion-regulation programme for adolescent girls

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

A structured skills programme significantly increased healthy coping strategies and reduced unhelpful ones like rumination, a building block of anxiety and low mood.

A note on honesty

Research is never the whole story, and no single number describes any one person's experience. Studies have limits, samples are specific, and recovery isn't linear. We share these because measuring and publishing keeps us accountable, not because they're a guarantee. What they do show is that this care works for real people in India, often enough that we publish it.

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