Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for symptoms of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis

By V. Spek, Pim Cuijpers, I. Nyklíček, Heleen Riper, J. Keyzer, V. Pop. Psychological Medicine, 2006

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Guided Internet-Based CBT for Common Mental Disorders (2013, background): “For example, Spek et al. (2007) found that iCBT without support had a pooled mean effect size of d = 0.24 whereas iCBT with support had a large pooled mean effect size of d = 1.00, and later reviews with a more specific focus (e.g., depression) have found similar effects (Johansson and Andersson…”
Persuasive System Design Does Matter: A Systematic Review of Adherence to Web-Based Interventions (2012, background): “Research has shown these interventions to be effective in different areas of health care [2-7].”
Embodied Conversational Agents in Clinical Psychology: A Scoping Review (2017, positive): “Guided interventions are typically more clinically effective than unguided ones [2-4].”
A Behavior Change Model for Internet Interventions (2009, methodology): “There is research indicating that external support of the application may improve adherence and outcomes for many disorders [33, 47, 50]; however, this is not always found to be the case [48, 49], and research is needed in order to determine what types of support are effective for which treatments.”
Delivering Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Young Adults With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (Woebot): A Randomized Controlled Trial (2017, background): “Internet interventions for anxiety and depression have empirical support [6] with outcomes comparable to therapist-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) [7,8].”
Online CBT in the Treatment of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders: Issues in the Development of BRAVE–ONLINE and Two Case Illustrations (2008, background): “…therapy for anxious adults produces significant reductions in anxiety, these effects are relatively small and are more substantial if computer delivery of treatment is accompanied by regular contact with a therapist either by phone, email, or face-to-face (for a review see Spek et al., 2007).”
Effectiveness of Guided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Regular Clinical Settings (2013, background): “…from Efficacy Studies The empirical support for guided ICBT has been covered in many previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses [Andrews et al., 2010; Hedman et al., 2012a], not only for mood and anxiety disorders [Spek et al., 2007], but also for somatic problems [Cuijpers et al., 2008].”
Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (2010, background): “This appears important since the absence of therapist contact during cCBT has been associated with poorer outcomes (Gellatly et al. 2007; Spek et al. 2007).”
Advantages and limitations of Internet‐based interventions for common mental disorders (2014, background): “Reviews of the literature consistently show that treatments that include guidance lead to better outcomes than unguided treatments (26-28), but there are occasional exceptions, and unguided treatments are emerging that can work by means of automated reminders and similar solutions (29,30).”
The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders (2018, positive): “…so le ly fo r th e pe rs on al us e of th e in di vi du al us er an d is no t to be di ss em in at ed br oa dl y. Smits, 2008); particularly guided Internet-based CBT interventions (e.g., Baumeister, Reichler, Munzinger, & Lin, 2014; Palmqvist, Carlbring, & Andersson, 2007; V. Spek et al., 2007).”
Effectiveness of telemedicine: A systematic review of reviews (2010, methodology): “[24] Mental health (depression and anxiety) Global CBT via internet Health Twelve studies included (RCTs).”
Computer-based psychological treatments for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2012, background): “The effects of support versus no support are not new (Andersson & Cuijpers, 2009; Spek, Cuijpers, et al., 2007), however, the analysis showed clearly that support of some administrative type, not delivered by a mental health professional and not having the aim of being therapeutic, works equally…”
Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond. (2020, background): “Accumulating evidence indicates that e-mental health interventions that include guidance result in better outcomes than unguided treatments (Richards & Richardson, 2012; Spek et al., 2007; Palmqvist et al., 2007; Baumeister et al., 2014).”
Is guided self-help as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy for depression and anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies (2010, background): “…then, dozens of randomized trials and meta-analyses have shown that guided self-help is effective in reducing depression, panic disorder, phobias and other anxiety disorders (Cuijpers, 1997 ; Gregory et al. 2004 ; Hirai & Clum, 2006; Gellatly et al. 2007 ; Menchola et al. 2007 ; Spek et al. 2007).”
A Comprehensive Review and a Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Internet-Based Psychotherapeutic Interventions (2008, background): “…our results with those of previous meta-analyses of Internet interventions—though these are more limited in scope and content (Hirai & Clum, 2006b; Spek et al., 2007; Wantland et al., 2004) but employ alternative statistical models and assumptions—we find that the general nature of our findings…”