ReviewBMC psychiatry2011
Meta-review of the effectiveness of computerised CBT in treating depression.
Review in BMC psychiatry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Electroencephalographic findings in patients with major depressive disorder during cognitive or emotional tasks: a systematic review.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2016Pooled it
- The association of health literacy with adherence in older adults, and its role in interventions: a systematic meta-review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- The potential of technology-based psychological interventions for anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a systematic review and recommendations for future research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Pooled it
- Computer-delivered and web-based interventions to improve depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being of university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
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- Comparison of the Working Alliance in Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Treatment as Usual for Depression in Europe: Secondary Data Analysis of the E-COMPARED Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- The effects of SmartCareSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Affect-Focused Psychodynamic Internet-Based Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Online CBT life skills programme for low mood and anxiety: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2016Trial
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- Long-term results of a web-based guided self-help intervention for employees with depressive symptoms: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Acceptability of online self-help to people with depression: users' views of MoodGYM versus informational websites.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive symptoms: effectiveness and costs of a workplace intervention.Psychological medicine · 2014Trial
- Web-based behavioral treatment for substance use disorders as a partial replacement of standard methadone maintenance treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2014Trial
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- Randomized controlled trial on feedback-informed internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy for adolescents with depression: A trial that failed to recruit enough participants.Internet interventions · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (cCBT) packages are now available to treat mild to moderate depression with or without anxiety. These have been usually been reviewed alongside cCBT for a wide range of psychological problems. Here, we single out the results of these reviews for the most common mental disorder, mild to moderate depression. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the quality of existing reviews and to enable reliable comparisons of alternative computer packages for the same patient group.
methodsA thorough search and analysis of reviews of efficacy of cCBT published between 1999 and February 2011.
resultsThe search yielded twelve systematic reviews from ten studies covering depression. Their methodology is appraised and selected findings are presented here.
conclusionsThe meta-review supports the efficacy of cCBT for treatment of depression; however there is limited information on different approaches, whose relative cost-effectiveness remains to be demonstrated. Suggestions are made for future studies in the field.
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