Internet Interventions

Who seeks internet-based treatment? Effects of recruitment source on patient demographics and clinical characteristics

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Who seeks ICBT for depression and how do they get there? Effects of recruitment source on patient demographics and clinical characteristics

Studies on internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) frequently use several different sources of recruitment, yet no study has investigated whether different recruitment sources produce different clinical and demographic profiles among participants. Today we published a paper using data from a large sample (n=982) seeking ICBT for depression. We compared these characteristics on the basis of self-reported … Read more

Negative effects of Internet interventions: A qualitative content analysis of patients’ experiences with treatments delivered online

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Today a paper was accepted for publication about potential negative effects of Internet interventions. Internet interventions are defined as the delivery of health-care-related treatments via an online or a smartphone interface, and have been shown to be a viable alternative to face-to-face treatments. However, not all patients benefit from such treatments, and it is possible … Read more

Group versus Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for procrastination

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Today a new paper entitled “Group versus Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for procrastination: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial” was accepted. Procrastination is defined as a voluntarily delay of an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse-off for the delay, and is considered a persistent behavior pattern that can result in major psychological … Read more

New study: CBT vs attention training in social anxiety disorder

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Today we published a new study in Behaviour Research and Therapy which is freely available. The new paper is entiteled Moderation and mediation of the effect of attention training in social anxiety disorder. While attention modification programs (AMP) have shown promise as laboratory-based treatments for social anxiety disorder, trials of internet-delivered AMP have not yielded significant … Read more