ArticleInternet interventions2021
Effect of an internet- and app-based stress intervention compared to online psychoeducation in university students with depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized controlled trial.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of internet-based interventions to reduce suicidal ideation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial Interventions to Improve Wellbeing in Teenage and Young Adult Post-Treatment Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Systematic Review.Psycho-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Internet- and Mobile-Based Interventions for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Digital Mental Health Literacy Interventions on Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Time-Dependent Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Control Participants in Digital-Based Psychological Intervention Studies: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based AI Chatbot on Depression and Loneliness in Chinese University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial With Financial Stress Moderation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of a 7-week minimal guided and unguided cognitive behavioral therapy-based stress-management APP for students.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- An Unguided, Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention (TreadWill) in a Lower Middle-Income Country: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
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- Suicide literacy and its association with attitude towards seeking professional psychological help among Iranian nursing students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Development and pilot-testing of an app to complement trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- How do we know that they actually use it? Exploring measures of adherence to stress management strategies in university students: A systematic review.Internet interventions · 2025Review
- The Relationship Between Problematic TikTok Use and Depression in University Students: The Mediating Role of Insomnia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Medical Students' Acceptance of Tailored e-Mental Health Apps to Foster Their Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- We don't need more apps, we need connection: recommender systems as under-explored chance to promote students' mental health at universities.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of Digital-Based Psychotherapy in Overcoming Psychological Problems in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2024Article
- Preventive Effect of a 7-Week App-Based Passive Psychoeducational Stress Management Program on Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Are web-based stress management interventions effective as an indirect treatment for depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis of six randomised trials.BMJ mental health · 2024Article
- Types of Digital Mindfulness: Improving Mental Health Among College Students - A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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Abstract
Depression is highly prevalent among university students. Internet-based interventions have been found to be effective in addressing depressive symptoms, but it is open if this also applies to interventions directed at academic stress. It is also largely unclear if the techniques employed in such programs provide significant additional benefits when controlling for non-specific intervention effects. A sample of
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