Identifying individuals for whom scalable digital MH apps might not be suitable is essential. Early efforts should be made to provide more effective treatments and prevent patients from undergoing multiple ineffective therapies before encountering optimal treatments. For instance, we conducted a similar randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a mostly college student sample in Singapore, comparing the brief mindfulness ecological momentary intervention (MEMI) to a self-monitoring app for targeting social anxiety disorder. The results did not show significant between-treatment effects on social anxiety disorder, depression, worry symptoms, trait mindfulness, or repetitive negative thinking but showed small-to-large effect sizes from baseline to follow-up within each group (Zainal et al., in press). Therefore, mindfulness apps may work better for those with generalized anxiety disorder but not social anxiety disorder. Instead, individuals with social anxiety disorder may benefit more from self-directed CBT-based virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) that helps them confront and cope with various anxiety-inducing social situations (Zainal et al., 2021). Further, the VRE study highlights the potential for brief, self-guided VRE to improve the accessibility of exposure therapy and suggests it can be used together with traditional psychotherapy without harming the therapeutic relationship.