Helen Christensen
Delivering interventions for depression by using the internet: randomised controlled trial
Australian National University
evaluate efficacy two internet interventions communitydwelling individuals symptoms depressiona psychoeducation website offering information depression interactive website offering cognitive behaviour therapyrandomised controlled trialinternet users community canberra australia525 individuals increased depressive symptoms recruited survey randomly allocated website offering information depression n 166 cognitive behaviour therapy website n 182 control intervention using attention placebo n 178change depression dysfunctional thoughts knowledge medical psychological lifestyle treatments knowledge cognitive behaviour therapyintention treat analyses indicated information depression interventions used cognitive behaviour therapy delivered via internet effective credible control intervention reducing symptoms depression community sample intervention delivered cognitive behaviour therapy reduction score depression scale center epidemiologic studies 32 95 confidence interval 09 54 depression literacy site bluepages reduction 30 95 confidence interval 06 52 cognitive behaviour therapy moodgym reduced dysfunctional thinking increased knowledge cognitive behaviour therapy depression literacy bluepages significantly improved participants understanding effective evidence based treatments depression p 005both cognitive behaviour therapy psychoeducation delivered via internet effective reducing symptoms depression