Today we published a new paper in World Psychiatry (impact factor = 34). Although impressive progress has been made toward developing empirically‐supported psychological treatments, the reality remains that a significant proportion of people with mental health problems do not receive these treatments. Finding ways to reduce this treatment gap is crucial. Since app‐supported smartphone interventions […]
Anxiety, CBT, Cognitive behavior therapy, Depression, Just published, Randomized controlled trial, Smartphone @en, social anxiety disorder, Treatment
The purpose of this article is to describe an internet-based platform for improving symptoms and quality of life for people with psychological and behavioural health problems such as depression, anxiety, phobia, psychological trauma, hearing loss and tinnitus. The online platform, called Iterapi, was developed at the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköping University, […]
Internet Interventions, internet treatment, Internet-based, Internet-based guided self-help, Smartphone @en
Today the psychologist and PhD student Hoa Ly will most likely receive his PhD degree. In Sweden the PhD defence is a public event. The supervisors have been Gerhard Andersson and Per Carlbring. Starting today at 13:00 at the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköpings university Hoa will present his thesis. The thesis […]
Cognitive behavior therapy, Depression, Ph.D. Dissertation, PhD, Smartphone @en, Thesis
In this study, just published in Journal of Anxiety Disorders, a previously evaluated guided Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder was adapted for mobile phone administration. The treatment was compared with a guided self-help treatment based on interpersonal psychotherapy. The treatment platform could be accessed through smartphones, tablet computers, and standard computers. A […]
CBT, Cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, Randomized controlled trial, Smartphone @en, social anxiety disorder, social phobia
Today we published a new research paper in BMJ Open where we evaluated and compared the effectiveness of two smartphone-delivered treatments: one based on behavioural activation (BA) and other on mindfulness. Design Parallel randomised controlled, open, trial. Participants were allocated using an online randomisation tool, handled by an independent person who was separate from the staff […]
Depression, Mindfulness @en, Smartphone @en
Today we published a new paper in the Trials journal (impact factor 2.21) entitled “Guided and unguided CBT for social anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder via the Internet and a smartphone application: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial“. Smartphone technology presents a novel and promising opportunity to extend the reach of psychotherapeutic interventions by moving […]
Internet-based treatment, Panic disorder, Smartphone @en, social anxiety disorder, social phobia
