Alastair Canaway on a recent RCT that looks at the cost-effectiveness of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for paediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder.
[read the full story...]Guided self help and cCBT for OCD: OCTET finds low adherence and uncertain fidelity
Alan Underwood reports on the new OCTET trial published last week, which fails to find any support for the use of low-intensity guided self-help or computerised CBT for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
[read the full story...]Digital interventions for PTSD: meta-analysis suggests they may reduce symptoms
Jazz Croft publishes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions to treat the symptoms of post traumatic stress.
[read the full story...]Exercise and iCBT for depression: how do ‘alternative’ treatments compare to usual care?
Bethan Davies publishes her debut blog on a recent Swedish RCT of exercise and internet-based cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression.
[read the full story...]Self-guided iCBT for depression: effective but still not sticky enough
Stefan Rennick-Egglestone highlights a brand new IPD meta-analysis of self-guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression.
[read the full story...]Digital health for young people with mental health problems: silver bullet or red herring?
Victoria Betton on a recent meta review of digital health interventions for children and young people with mental health problems. The question is, does the evidence square with her experience of what actually happens in practice?
[read the full story...]Self-guided cCBT for depression: the #MindTech2016 debate
André Tomlin’s #MindTech2016 talk about computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and depression.
[read the full story...]iCBT for depression: how does it work?
Mark Smith presents the findings from a qualitative systematic review of iCBT for depression, which tries to unearth the mechanisms of change of internet-based or computerised cognitive behavioural therapy.
[read the full story...]Digital interventions for social anxiety disorder: new meta-analysis finds mixed results
Carla McEnery reports on a recent meta-analysis of technology-assisted interventions for Social Anxiety Disorder, which finds positive results from Internet-delivered CBT and Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy.
[read the full story...]iCBT may be an effective treatment for PTSD
André Tomlin explores a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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