Small daily journaling sessions improve self-reported mental wellbeing in adults over an 8+ week period.

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Online Positive Affect Journaling in the Improvement of Mental Distress and Well-Being in General Medical Patients With Elevated Anxiety Symptoms: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

A preliminary RCT found that general medical patients with elevated anxiety who completed daily online positive affect journaling over 12 weeks showed significantly reduced mental distress and improved well-being relative to a usual-care control group.

https://doi.org/10.2196/11290

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