Trial reportTheScientificWorldJournal2014
Facebook enhances antidepressant pharmacotherapy effects.
Trial report in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for treatment-resistant depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Review
- OMG, R U OK? Therapeutic Relationships between Caregivers and Youth at Risk on Social Media.Children and youth services review · 2021Article
- The role of Facebook groups in the management and raising of awareness of antidepressant withdrawal: is social media filling the void left by health services?Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- The Differential Impact of Social Media Use on Middle and High School Students: A Retrospective Study.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- To Each Stress Its Own Screen: A Cross-Sectional Survey of the Patterns of Stress and Various Screen Uses in Relation to Self-Admitted Screen Addiction.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2016Review
- Facebook, quality of life, and mental health outcomes in post-disaster urban environments: the l'aquila earthquake experience.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Leveraging digital technology for social connectedness among adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (TR-MDD) is a complex condition, with very low remission rates. In recent years some studies have been conducted on the implementation of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy interventions via the Internet to MDD patients, and results have been promising. However, there have been no studies in patients with TR-MDD nor with the use of Facebook with the psychiatrist as "friend." 60 TR-MDD patients were randomized to one of three groups: Facebook group with psychiatrist as "friend," Facebook group without psychiatrist as "friend," and control group (no Facebook use). Both Facebook groups spent at least 1 hour/day on Facebook, 7 days/week, during the 3 months. All patients maintained their usual pharmacotherapy. All participants were evaluated at baseline and at 1, 2, and 3 months for depressive symptoms using HAD17 and BDI-II. Results show that both Facebook groups had a decrease on HADM17 and BDI-II scores as well as higher remission and response rates than the control group, with better results if the psychiatrist was a "friend" on Facebook. Therefore, in TR-MDD, Facebook can be used as an effective enhancement therapy, adjuvant to pharmacological therapy with regular consultations, especially if the psychiatrist is the patient's online "friend."
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