Margaret J Snowling, Charles Hulme
A critique of claims from Reynolds, Nicolson & Hambly (2003) that DDAT is an effective treatment for children with reading difficulties--'lies, damned lies and (inappropriate) statistics'?
Dyslexia (Chichester, England)
feeling good app automated standalone digital mobile mental health tool currently undergoing beta testing goal providing evidenceinformed selfhelp lessons exercises help individuals reduce depressive symptoms without guidance mental health provider users work intensive basic training ibt ongoing training models provide education regarding cognitive behavioral therapy principles smartphone key objective study perform nonsponsored thirdparty academic assessment industrygenerated data set data set focused safety feasibility accessibility commercial automated digital mobile mental health app developed reduce feelings associated depression feeling good app development team created waitlist cohort crossover design measured symptoms depression anxiety using patient health questionnaire9 generalized anxiety disorder7 appspecific measure negative feelings called 7 dimension emotion slider 7des waitlist cohort crossover design divided participants 2 groups 486 141290 participants given immediate access apps 514 149290 placed 2week waitlist given access app data collected feeling good app development team deidentified provided authors paper analysis nonsponsored university data use agreement quantitative data analyzed using spss statistics version 280 ibm corp descriptive statistics calculated demographic variables feasibility acceptability descriptively assessed participants included quantitative data given access feeling good app study include control group terms safety statistically significant change suicidality preintervention postintervention time points t28800 p99 statistically significant decrease hopelessness preintervention postintervention time points f2893016 p01 terms acceptability 722 166230 users started initial 2day ibt went complete 348 80230 users started ibt completed entirety apps 4week protocol 150230 6522 dropout rate 4 weeks study first reported proofofconcept evaluation feeling good app terms safety feasibility statistical trends within data set demonstrates feasible novel approach industry academic collaboration process developing digital mental health technology translated existing evidenceinformed treatment results support prototype app safe select nonclinical population app acceptable levels engagement dropouts throughout intervention stay engaged showed reductions symptom severity depression warranting investigation apps efficacy