ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Is Digital Treatment the Holy Grail? Literature Review on Computerized and Blended Treatment for Depressive Disorders in Youth.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06759441 (Exploring the Effectiveness of a Suicide Ideation Prevention Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Updates on digital mental health interventions for children and young people: systematic overview of reviews.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Blended Self-Management Interventions to Reduce Disease Burden in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
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- Clinician perspectives about delivering a blended care treatment model for adolescent depression: a qualitative study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- "Who blends in and why (not)?" A qualitative study on psychotherapists' patient inclusion in blended care.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Digital Interventions for Improving Body Dissatisfaction in Children and Emerging Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Exploring client perspectives: a qualitative study on how families experience (blended) forensic outpatient systemic therapy for juvenile antisocial behavior.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- A pilot randomized trial comparing face-to-face and internet-based unified transdiagnostic treatment for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders in Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The therapeutic alliance in blended versus face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents and young adults with a depressive disorder.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Self-management, self-care, and self-help in adolescents with emotional problems: a scoping review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a blended group transdiagnostic treatment for emotional disorders: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- How do adolescents experience a newly developed Online Single Session Sleep Intervention? A Think-Aloud Study.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Article
- A blended intervention for adjustment disorder: Study protocol for a feasibility trial.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- The effectiveness of blended versus regular Forensic Outpatient Systemic Therapy in the treatment of juvenile antisocial behavior: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Feasibility of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressed Older Adults With the Moodbuster Platform: Protocol for 2 Pilot Feasibility Studies.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- I Need to Know: Using the CeHRes Roadmap to Develop a Treatment Feedback Tool for Youngsters with Mental Health Problems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Digital Health Interventions for Delivery of Mental Health Care: Systematic and Comprehensive Meta-Review.JMIR mental health · 2022Review
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Abstract
Computerized and blended treatments seem to be an attractive treatment for adolescents as an alternative to face-to-face treatment, but mental health professionals seem hesitant to use these treatment modalities. This review provides an overview of factors contributing to and withholding from using computerized or blended treatment in routine care. Three databases were searched with terms related to (1) adolescents, (2) depression, (3) computerized or blended, and (4) treatment. Of the 33 articles identified, 10 focused on unguided computerized treatments, six on guided, two on blended, two compared unguided, blended- and face-to-face treatment to no treatment, and eight studies on games. Further, two articles that were focused on an online monitoring tool and three on intervention characteristics or preferred modes of help-seeking. Evidence for effectiveness, adherence, drop-out, and forming therapeutic relations were suspected to be barriers, but are no reason to reject computerized or blended treatment. Improvement in mental health literacy and the possibility to tailor the intervention are facilitators. However, adolescents' intention to seek help, acceptability of computerized treatment, symptom severity, time spent by therapist, and other facilities are identified as barriers and they need to be taken into account when using computerized or blended interventions. Nevertheless, computerized and blended are promising treatments for depressed youth.
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