None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Traditionally, therapists treat clients in the same room. However, many people do not have direct access to such services. Recent advances in computer technology have made it possible to see and hear someone who is not in the same room. This form of contact is called videoconferencing. Hence, the purpose of this research is to study how successful treatment is via this medium.
Interventions
Coginitive Behavioural Therapy via Videoconference. The first session will be in-person and the purpose will be assessment and diagnosis. If selected to recieve treatment via videoconference participants will be given 12 weeks of structured cognitive behavioural therapy. Each session will be conducted weekly for one hour at a time most convient to both the therapist and participant. There will be a total of 13 sessions. Participants will be measured on several symptom measure before treatment, a
Coginitive Behavioural Therapy via Videoconference. The first session will be in-person and the purpose will be assessment and diagnosis. If selected to recieve treatment via videoconference participants will be given 12 weeks of structured cognitive behavioural therapy. Each session will be conducted weekly for one hour at a time most convient to both the therapist and participant. There will be a total of 13 sessions. Participants will be measured on several symptom measure before treatment, at the end of treatment and then 6-weeks after treatment has ended. The cognitive behaviour therapy adminstered will be tailored to suit each participants presenting issues. Furthermore, upon ending treatment a treatment satisfaction measure will be given.
Sponsors
Curtin University of Technology
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Diagnostic Statistical Manual for mental disorder (4th Edition): diagnosis on the depression and anxiety spectrum, which includes but not limited to; depression, dysthymia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, social phobia, specific phobia, OCD and PTSD.
Exclusion criteria
Anorexia, Personality disorder as the primary diagnosis, Self-harming/suicidal, Involved in legal proceedings, Psychosis (past or present)
Outcome results
None listed