Harvard Working Paper Finds Flourish AI App Improves Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms
Source: The Manila times
Published on: 2026-11-03 11:04
A six-week randomized trial of 1,137 students finds that the Flourish app improves stress, depression, and anxiety outcomes, extending earlier evidence of benefits for well-being and resilience. Palo Alto, California, United States, November 3, 2026 -- A new randomized controlled trial involving 1,137 university students found that those assigned to use Flourish, an evidence-based, safety-first AI mental health and well-being app developed by Flourish Science, had significantly lower stress, depression, and anxiety symptom scores after six weeks compared with students in the control group. The study, AI-Powered Prevention and Early Intervention for Stress, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Clinical Trial, is available in the Harvard Business School Working Paper Collection (No. 27-002). Students at a large North American university were randomly assigned either to receive Flourish,...
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