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Internet administered guided self-help versus individualized e-mail therapy: A randomized trial of two versions of CBT for major depression
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Internet-delivered psychological treatment of major depression has been investigated in several trials, but the role of personalized treatment is less investigated. Studies suggest that guidance is important and that automated computerized programmes without therapist support are less effective. Individualized e-mail therapy for depression has not been studied in a controlled trial. Eighty-eight individuals with major depression were randomized to two different forms of Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), or to a waiting-list control group. One form of Internet treatment consisted of guided self-help, with weekly modules and homework assignments. Standard CBT components were presented and brief support was provided during the treatment. The other group received e-mail therapy, which was tailored and did not use the self-help texts i.e., all e-mails were written for the unique patient. Both treatments lasted for 8 weeks. In the guided self-help 93% completed (27/29) and in the e-mail therapy 96% (29/30) completed the posttreatment assessment. Results showed significant symptom reductions in both treatment groups with moderate to large effect sizes. At posttreatment 34.5% of the guided self-help group and 30% of the e-mail therapy group reached the criteria of high-end-state functioning (Beck Depression Inventory score below 9). At six-month follow-up the corresponding figures were 47.4% and 43.3%. Overall, the difference between guided self-help and e-mail therapy was small, but in favour of the latter. These findings indicate that both guided self-help and individualized e-mail therapy can be effective.
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“in recent years, internet-based psychological treatment is gaining momentum and showing positive affects for a range of clinical populations (e.g., Hedman et al., 2011;Vernmark et al., 2010)”
From A review of cyberbullying and suggestions for online psychological therapy (2015) · cites this paper as Vernmark et al., 2010
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“Psychological therapies have been consistently shown as effective in helping individuals of all ages to deal with distress”
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“Previous studies comparing treatments while allowing for stable medication find that medication status seem to be unrelated to change in depth of depression (Proudfoot et al., 2004; Vernmark et al., 2010).”
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“Second, because the aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness in a real life primary care setting, our inclusion criteria allowed stable medication, which is common in similar studies (e.g., Carlbring et al., 2013; Vernmark et al., 2010) and our patients might have received other treatments for depression during the study period.”
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“The attrition rates in this study were equal or lower compared with several similar studies on guided Web-based interventions for depression with long-term follow-up assessments [67,73,74].”
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“This pretreatment contact is often in the form of a structured diagnostic interview [20,21], and probably results in more reliable diagnostic categories for inclusion in a trial.”
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“An analysis of a number of previous studies of an online intervention for depression in the community and that have used a CBT protocol similar to the intervention in the current study have reported post-treatment effect sizes averaging 1.29, and follow-up effects averaging 1.42, based on samples ranging from 45 – 300 [39,42-48].”
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- Authors
- Vernmark, K., Lenndin, J., Bjärehed, J., Carlsson, M., Karlsson, J., Öberg, J., Carlbring, P., Eriksson, T., & Andersson, G.
- Affiliations
- Linköping University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Andersson, Gerhard
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-05
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 368-376
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2085505243
- Semantic Scholar
- 5dfce7f4faac59fa38b806f1a06929dc66be9031
- Cited by
- 226
- References
- 61
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- FWCI
- 32.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, guided self-help, personalized treatment, therapist support, treatment completion, symptom relief, long-term follow-up
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Bibliotherapy, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Programmed Instructions as Topic, Self Care, Therapy, Computer-Assisted, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Statistics, Nonparametric, Remote Consultation, Internet, Electronic Mail, Young Adult
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