A Web-Based Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among University Students: Open-Label, Pragmatic Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety and depression are common among university students, and university counseling centers are under pressure to develop effective, novel, and sustainable interventions that engage and retain students. Group interventions delivered via the internet could be a novel and effective way to promote student mental health.

Objective

We conducted a pragmatic open trial to investigate the uptake, retention, treatment response, and level of satisfaction with a remote group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention designed to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression delivered on the web to university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Preintervention and postintervention self-reported data on anxiety and depression were collected using the Generalize

SUBMITTER: Bantjes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8193479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature