The Cool Teens CD-ROM for anxiety disorders in adolescents: A pilot case series
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Five adolescents received a multimedia CD-ROM containing a self-help treatment program for young people with an anxiety disorder. Participants used the 8-module Cool Teens CD-ROM over a 12-week period on a home computer. Every 2 weeks, they received a brief telephone call from a clinical psychologist to monitor symptoms and progress and to discuss any problems with understanding content or implementing techniques. Based on structured interviews, two participants (40%) no longer met diagnostic criteria (self-report ADIS) for at least one clinical anxiety disorder immediately following treatment and these same participants no longer met diagnostic criteria for any clinical anxiety disorder at 3-month follow-up. Two other participants failed to make gains based on diagnostic criteria, but showed improvement in anxiety symptoms for one main fear. Participants were generally satisfied with the multimedia content, the modules, and the delivery format of the program.
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The delivery of therapy online has advantages for clients and clinicians including increased accessibility, greater anonymity, flexibility, reduced expenses, eliminated travel time, and interactivity.
“The delivery of therapy online has many advantages for clients and clinicians including (1) increased accessibility, (2) greater anonymity, (3) flexibility, (4) reduced expenses, (5) eliminated travel time, and (6) interactivity (Christensen et al., 2014; Cunningham et al., 2009).”
From Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with anxiety disorders: A feasibility study (2018) · cites this paper as Cunningham et al., 2009
While computer-based approaches have demonstrated positive results for adolescents with anxiety, there are as yet no trials of computerised CBT for adolescents with depression.
“While computer-based approaches have demonstrated positive results for adolescents with anxiety (eg, Coolteens17; BRAVE18), there are as yet no trials of computerised CBT for adolescents with depression.”
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- Authors
- Cunningham, M. J., Wuthrich, V. M., Rapee, R. M., Lyneham, H. J., Schniering, C. A., & Hudson, J. L.
- Affiliations
- Macquarie University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Cunningham, M. J.
- Venue
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Published
- 2008-06-18
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 125-129
- ISSN
- 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-165X
- OpenAlex
- W1603904809
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 6.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- anxiety disorders, adolescents, self-help treatment, multimedia intervention, CD-ROM, telephone follow-up, home-based therapy, treatment outcomes, patient satisfaction
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Australia, Female, Humans, Male, Pilot Projects, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Self Care, Self-Help Groups, Reproducibility of Results, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CD-ROM, Patient Satisfaction, Multimedia
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