Per Carlbring

Major depression is a world-wide problem that can be treated with various forms of psychotherapy. There is strong research support for treating major depression using cognitive behavior therapy delivered in the format of guided self-help via the Internet (ICBT). Recent research also suggests that psychodynamic psychotherapy can be delivered as guided self-help via the Internet … Read more

A reoccurring question is if exposure is safe during pregnancy. In a paper published in ”Archives of women’s mental health” the authors try to answer the question. They summarize it as follows: Anxiety disorders during pregnancy are highly prevalent and associated with serious and enduring consequences for both mother and child. Exposure-based cognitive behavioral (CBT) and behavioral therapies (BT) … Read more

The Internet has become a part of most people’s lives in many parts of the world. Since the late 1990s there has been an intensive research activity in which psychological treatments, such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), have been found to be effective when delivered via the Internet. Most research studies indicate that the effects … Read more

Today I welcome Alexander Rozental as PhD student. He graduated from Linköping University in 2011 with a masters’s degree in psychology and started his internship as a clinical psychologist at an outpatient care setting in Lidingö and Danderyd just outside of Stockholm. During the same period he was also employed at Kompetenscentrum för psykoterapi at Karolinska institutet … Read more

The European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (esrii) is a non-profit organization committed to advancing the scientific approach to studying eHealth interventions. esrii is a group of researchers, clinicians and policy experts whose mission is to foster excellence in evidence-based eHealth interventions targeting behavioral and mental health. eHealth interventions comprise existing and emerging technologies, … Read more