Guided cCBT for depression: optimising therapist support and maximising efficiency

olaia-irigoien-204629

Monisha Nahar writes her debut blog on a recent RCT that explores how we can improve the efficiency of psychotherapy for depression. The trial compares web-based guided CBT with face-to-face CBT for people with depression who are not taking medication.

[read the full story...]

Digital guided self-help for binge eating disorder: a paper worth getting INTERBED with?

spoon-2426623_1280

Sarah McDonald summarises the INTERBED RCT, which explores the effect of Internet-based guided self-help versus individual face-to-face CBT on full or subsyndromal binge eating disorder in overweight or obese patients.

[read the full story...]

The chatbot therapist: can we mimic therapy support with a conversational agent? #DigiMHweek

37530935671_b1e3d06c48_k

Andres Fonseca helps us prepare for the #Mindtech2017 chatbot/artificial intelligence debate by summarising a recent trial of a fully automated conversational agent for promoting mental well-being.

[read the full story...]

Future self-harm may be reduced with a brief psychological intervention, but perhaps only for the more severe

thinking-about-tmrw

Angharad de Cates explores a recent RCT of a brief psychological intervention to reduce repetition of self-harm in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt.

[read the full story...]

Brief behavioural therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety and depression

michal-parzuchowski-224092

Mona Jones publishes her debut elf blog on a recent RCT of brief behavioural therapy for paediatric anxiety and depression in primary care.

[read the full story...]

Insomnia, paranoia and hallucinations: Sleepio CBTi at the OASIS

Oasis_Huacachina

Jack Barton publishes his debut elf blog on the huge OASIS randomised controlled trial, which explores the effects that improved sleep can have on our mental health.

[read the full story...]

cCBT for people with learning disabilities: Pesky gNATs #MHNR2017

Pesky Gnats

Leen Vereenooghe presents the results of an RCT of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for people with learning disabilities, featuring the computer game “Pesky gNATs: The Feel Good Island”.

[read the full story...]

Body dissatisfaction in men. The Body Project: More Than Muscles RCT

man-2037255_1280

Sarah McDonald brings us her monthly round-up of eating disorders research, focusing this month on a randomised controlled trial of The Body Project: More Than Muscles for body dissatisfaction in men.

[read the full story...]

Preventing depression in low-income mothers: Head Start RCT in the community

johann-walter-bantz-216960

Tayla McCloud appraises the recent Head Start randomised controlled trial measuring the efficacy of a maternal depression prevention strategy.

[read the full story...]