Depression

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of individually tailored Internet-delivered CBT

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A significant proportion of the general population suffers from anxiety disorders, often with comorbid psychiatric conditions. Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) has been found to be a potent treatment for patients with specific psychiatric conditions. The aim of our new study that was published in Behaviour Research and Therapy today was to investigate the effectiveness … Read more

Behavioural activation versus mindfulness-based guided self-help treatment administered through a smartphone application: a randomised controlled trial

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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 … Read more

Congrats Robert Johansson who will get his PhD today

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Today Robert Johansson will defend his PhD thesis. The supervisors have been Gerhard Andersson, Per Carlbring and Pim Cuijpers. Professor Jacques Barber from Adelphi University in the USA will be the opponent. The overarching goal of Robert’s thesis has been to enhance Internet-delivered psychological treatments for depression and its comorbidity. To this end, three randomized controlled trials (Study II, III … Read more

Just published: Internet-delivered versus face-to-face group cognitive behavioural therapy for depression

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Guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) has been found to be effective in the treatment of mild to moderate depression, but there have been no direct comparisons with the more established group-based CBT with a long-term follow-up.   Method Participants with mild to moderate depression were recruited from the general population and randomized to either … Read more