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...]Digital interventions for stress: do they live up to their alleged potential?
Josefien Breedvelt is encouraged by the findings of a recent systematic review of Internet-based and computer-based interventions for stress, which provides a positive case for offering stress management on a large scale.
[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...]Targeting unhelpful repetitive negative thinking in young people to prevent anxiety and depression
Michelle Moulds publishes her debut blog on a recent randomised controlled trial about the prevention of anxiety disorders and depression by targeting excessive worry, rumination and repetitive negative thinking in young adults.
[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...]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...]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).
[read the full story...]Worried sick: cCBT and bibliotherapy for somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder
Suzanne Dash considers the findings of a recent RCT of exposure-based cognitive-behavioural therapy via the internet and as bibliotherapy for somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder.
[read the full story...]Internet-based problem-solving guided self-help for depression whilst waiting for therapy
Alastair Canaway summarises a trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of internet-based problem-solving guided self-help intervention, in comparison with enhanced usual care, for outpatients on a waiting list for face-to-face treatment for major depression.
[read the full story...]Telehealth for depression: large pragmatic RCT of complex intervention
Emily Stapley presents the findings of a trial which looks at the effectiveness of an integrated telehealth service for patients with depression.
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