Diminishing Effects After Recurrent Use of Self-Guided Internet-Based Interventions in Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-guided internet-based interventions have several advantages over guided interventions and are generally effective in treating psychiatric symptoms.

Objective

We aimed to investigate whether the use of a new self-guided internet-based intervention (MOOD) would lead to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms compared with a care-as-usual (CAU) control group in a sample of individuals with depressive symptoms, most of whom had already used a different self-guided internet-based intervention in a previous trial.

Methods

A total of 125 individuals were randomized to the intervention condition (MOOD) and received access to the intervention for a period of six weeks or a CAU group. After six weeks, all participants were invited to take part in the post

SUBMITTER: Bucker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777284 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature