No study of Helmkind itself exists yet. The studies below tested the methods Helmkind uses, not the app. Helmkind is self-help, not treatment, and makes no promise of an outcome.
Which studies is the method built on?
- Crosby and Twohig, 2016. A randomised trial of acceptance and commitment therapy: viewing fell by 93% in the therapy group against 21% for the waitlist.
- López-Pinar, Esparza-Reig and Bőthe, 2025. A meta-analysis of 20 studies (2,021 people): therapy, mainly CBT and ACT, helped more than no therapy, and gains held at follow-up.
- Hallberg and colleagues, 2019. A randomised trial of group CBT: gains were stable at 3 and 6 months.
- Bőthe and colleagues, 2021. The Hands-off online self-help trial: large effects for people who finished it.
- Koelen and colleagues, 2022. A meta-analysis: online programmes work better with human support, which is why Helmkind has crews and first mates.
- Gollwitzer and Sheeran, 2006. A meta-analysis of if-then plans: planning what you will do in a hard moment makes it more likely you do it.
Which product choices come from the research?
- The day count never goes back to zero, because shame after a slip tends to make things harder.
- Crews and first mates exist because online programmes work better with human support.
- If-then plans are part of every day, because planning what you will do in a hard moment makes it more likely you do it.
Read how Helmkind works.