PICO format: In adults with a mental illness, has online video counselling been shown to be at least as effective in reducing symptoms of mental illness when compared to in-person counselling? P (Participant, I (Intervention) C (Comparison) O (Outcome) Problem, Population) Participant: Online Traditional Effectiveness as Age 18 counselling. defined within the ≥ Gender: no methodological specification counselling. constraints of each study, assessed by: Problem: any mental Changes in mental health health illness (review symptoms, either on general will on but not be symptom exclusive to measures or measures of depression, anxiety, symptom-specific disorders. PTSD). Population: adults with mental health concerns. Is online video counselling at least equally acceptable as in-person counselling? PICO format: In adults with a mental illness, are there any systematic differences in the therapeutic relationship, subjective experience, or attrition rates between online video counselling and in-person counselling? P (Participant, I C O (Outcome) Problem, Population) (Intervention) (Comparison) Participant: Online video Traditional Acceptable as defined Age 18 counselling. within the methodological ≥ Gender: no constraints of each study, specification counselling. assessed by:
P (Participant, Problem, Population) I (Intervention) C (Comparison) O (Outcome) Participant: Age ≥ 18 Gender: no specification Problem: any mental health illness (review will on but not be exclusive to depression, anxiety, PTSD). Population: adults with mental health concerns. Online counselling. Traditional counselling. Effectiveness as defined within the methodological constraints of each study, assessed by: Changes in mental health symptoms, either on general symptom measures or measures of symptom-specific disorders. PICO format: In adults with a mental illness, has online video counselling been shown to be at least as effective in reducing symptoms of mental illness when compared to in-person counselling? Is online video counselling at least equally acceptable as in-person counselling? PICO format: In adults with a mental illness, are there any systematic differences in the therapeutic relationship, subjective experience, or attrition rates between online video counselling and in-person counselling? P (Participant, Problem, Population) I (Intervention) C (Comparison) O (Outcome) Participant: Age ≥ 18 Gender: no specification Online video counselling. Traditional counselling. Acceptable as defined within the methodological constraints of each study, assessed by: