Hannah Wallace summarises a network meta-analysis comparing four different formats of CBT for panic disorder, which finds “no efficacy differences between CBT delivered as guided self-help, or in the face-to-face individual or group format in the treatment of panic disorder”.
[read the full story...]Self Help Plus for refugees: we need effective, low-intensity and scalable interventions
Alexis Low considers a meta-analysis which evaluates Self-Help Plus, a promising WHO intervention that could be scaled up to address the mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
[read the full story...]Deciphering self-help: how do adolescents experiencing emotional difficulties cope?
Nuria Gardia considers a scoping review on self‑management, self‑care, and self‑help strategies in adolescents with emotional problems.
[read the full story...]Are transdiagnostic mental health interventions the future of treatment?
Isabeau Tindall summarises a recent meta-analysis by Pim Cuijpers and colleagues investigating the effective of transdiagnostic treatments for depression and anxiety.
[read the full story...]Guided self-help for anxiety: the importance of choice
In her latest blog, Francesca Zecchinato summarises findings from a recent pragmatic, partially randomised, patient preference trial on two forms of guided self-help for anxiety.
[read the full story...]Blended CBT for depression: does it affect the working alliance?
Destiny Kumari summarises a study on practitioners’ experience of the working alliance in a blended CBT intervention for depression.
[read the full story...]CBT delivery formats for adult depression: group, telephone & guided self-help all as effective as individual therapy?
Kinga Antal reviews a network meta-analysis which finds that individual, group, telephone and guided self-help CBT are all equally effective for treating depression in adults.
[read the full story...]iCBT for panic disorder
A group of UCL Masters students summarise an RCT (the PAXPD trial) of iCBT for panic disorder, which compared guided (via real-time video sessions) with unguided self-help treatment and a waitlist control.
[read the full story...]Guided self help and cCBT for OCD: OCTET finds low adherence and uncertain fidelity
Alan Underwood reports on the new OCTET trial published last week, which fails to find any support for the use of low-intensity guided self-help or computerised CBT for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
[read the full story...]Self-guided iCBT for depression: effective but still not sticky enough
Stefan Rennick-Egglestone highlights a brand new IPD meta-analysis of self-guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression.
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