Internet-based cognitive therapy in the treatment of patients with depression in general practice

Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This project is designed to determine if Internet-based cognitive therapy with minimal therapist contact can improve the efficiency of psychologists and general practitioners in the treatment of mild to moderate depression. In addition, the project will allow us to investigate the effect of an Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy intervention in a clinical sample. The primary hypothesis is that the Internet-based program will lead to a larger reduction in depressive symptoms than a wait list control condition.

Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Matthias Mittner, Kjersti Lillevoll, Susanne Kvam Katla, Nils Kolstrup et al. (8 authors)

Journal of Medical Internet Research2015-09-0236 citations

10.2196/jmir.4351

The Clinical Effectiveness of Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Face-to-Face Therapist Support for Depressed Primary Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial

Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Kjersti Lillevoll, Kathleen M Griffiths, Tom Wilsgaard, Martin Eisemann et al. (7 authors)

Journal of Medical Internet Research2013-08-05163 citations

10.2196/jmir.2714

Interventions

Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy Brief therapy, 20 minutes once a week for a total of 6 weeks. 5 modules with homework between sessions. Overview of modules: Module 1 - FEELINGS: Why do you feel the way you do; Module 2 - THOUGHTS: Changing the way we think to feel better including help with self-esteem; Module 3 - UNWARPING: Changing Warped Thoughts by Other Methods, Learning to Identify Personal Vulnerabilities, More Help with Self-Esteem; Module 4 - DE-STRESSING: Knowing What Makes Y

Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy Brief therapy, 20 minutes once a week for a total of 6 weeks. 5 modules with homework between sessions. Overview of modules: Module 1 - FEELINGS: Why do you feel the way you do; Module 2 - THOUGHTS: Changing the way we think to feel better including help with self-esteem; Module 3 - UNWARPING: Changing Warped Thoughts by Other Methods, Learning to Identify Personal Vulnerabilities, More Help with Self-Esteem; Module 4 - DE-STRESSING: Knowing What Makes You Upset, Learning to Relax; Module 5 - RELATIONSHIPS: investigate relationship problems and how to cope with them.

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 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

Age, mild to moderate symptoms of depression (BDI), access to Internet

Exclusion criteria

suicidal ideation, alcoholism, drug abuse, psychosis, current Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) treatment, individuals who during the last month have begun using or changed dosage of antidepressants

Outcome results