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The Say ‘Yes’ to Life (SYTL) Program: A Positive Psychology Group Intervention for Depression
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The five therapy components of Well-being Online (cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral activation therapy, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, and positive psychology) have shown high effectiveness in treating anxiety and depression previously.
“Therefore, it is an evidence-based intervention, as all of these components have shown high effectiveness in treating anxiety and depression previously (Carr and Finnegan, 2015; Bai et al., 2020).”
From Internet-based self-administered intervention to reduce anxiety and depression symptomatology and improve well-being in 7 countries: protocol of a randomized control trial (2024) · cites this paper as Carr and Finnegan, 2015
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Metadata
- Authors
- Carr, A., & Finnegan, L.
- Affiliations
- University College Dublin (IE)
- St. James's Hospital (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Carr, Alan
- ORCID
- Carr, Alan
- Venue
- Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2014-05-15
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-118
- ISSN
- 0022-0116 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3564
- OpenAlex
- W2033564447
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, depression treatment, group intervention, positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, adjunctive therapy
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