Mark Brown is feeling positive about the digital future on mental health after reviewing a new paper about ecological momentary interventions for depression and anxiety.
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For: internet-based treatmentGuided 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...]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...]Digital technology for mental health: asking the right questions #DigitalMHQ
Please take 10 mins to participate in this important mental health survey #DigitalMHQ. It’s your chance to suggest research ideas about digital technology for mental health.
[read the full story...]Negative Effects Questionnaire: measuring the potential harm of psychotherapy
Edel McGlanaghy publishes her debut blog on the Negative Effects Questionnaire for monitoring and reporting adverse effects of psychotherapy. She also highlights her own APT study (Adverse effects of Psychological Therapy), which is currently recruiting individuals with experience of any face to face psychological therapy.
[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...]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?
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