Current state of scientific evidence on internet-based interventions for the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
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BACKGROUND: ICare represents a consortium of European Investigators examining the effects of online mental health care for a variety of common mental health disorders provided in a variety of settings. This article provides an overview of the evidence of effectiveness for Internet-based treatment for four common mental health disorders that are the focus of much of this work: depression, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders. METHODS: The overview focused primarily on systematic reviews and meta-analyses identified through PubMed (Ovid) and other databases and published in English. Given the large number of reviews specific to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and/or eating disorders, we did not focus on reviews that examined the effects of Internet-based interventions on mental health disorders in general. Each article was reviewed and summarized by one of the senior authors, and this review was then reviewed by the other senior authors. We did not address issues of prevention, cost-effectiveness, implementation or dissemination, as these are addressed in other reviews in this supplement. RESULTS: Across Internet-based intervention studies addressing depression, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders primarily among adults, almost all reviews and meta-analyses found that these interventions successfully reduce symptoms and are efficacious treatments. Generally, effect sizes for Internet-based interventions treating eating disorders and substance abuse are lower compared with interventions for depression and anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Given the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions to reduce symptoms of these common mental health disorders, efforts are needed to examine issues of how they can be best disseminated and implemented in a variety of health care and other settings.
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Numerous meta-analyses have shown the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions in treating various mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and substance abuse.
“In recent years, numerous meta-analyses have shown the effectiveness of IBIs in treating various mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and substance abuse (Taylor et al., 2021).”
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Similar Internet-based self-guided interventions to reduce depressive and anxious symptomatology have shown promising results.
“Similar Internet-based self-guided interventions to reduce depressive and anxious symptomatology have shown promising results (Taylor et al., 2021; Kurniawan et al., 2022).”
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- Authors
- Taylor, C. B., Graham, A. K., Flatt, R. E., Waldherr, K., & Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E.
- Affiliations
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt (AT)
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Corresponding author
- Taylor, C Barr
- Venue
- European Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2020-09-11
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- Supplement_1
- Pages
- i3-i10
- ISSN
- 1101-1262 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-360X
- PMC
- PMC8266528
- OpenAlex
- W3085610539
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- European Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01 MH100455, R01 MH115128, K01 DK116925)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- online intervention, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, treatment efficacy, symptom relief, effect size, common mental disorders
- MeSH terms
- Systematic Reviews as Topic, Internet-Based Intervention, Adult, Anxiety, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Depression, Humans, Substance-Related Disorders
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