Internet-based alcohol and cannabis prevention: Climate Schools and salami...
Matt Field summarises the findings of a recent cluster RCT that uses internet-based prevention (an Australian programme called Climate Schools) to reduce alcohol and cannabis use, truancy,...
View ArticleInternet-based interventions for harmful drinking show small beneficial effects
Andrew Jones summarises a recent meta-analysis on the effectiveness of guided and unguided low-intensity Internet interventions for adult alcohol misuse. The post Internet-based interventions for...
View ArticleAre primary care interventions for intimate partner violence effective? I...
Listen up systematic reviewers. Don't make Sarah Knowles angry; you won't like her when she's angry. Cue a rather frustrated blog about new research on primary care interventions for intimate partner...
View ArticleDo mental health websites improve help-seeking in adolescents?
Maxine Howard summarises the findings of a recent review of online mental health services for young people, which finds little evidence to suggest that websites increase help-seeking in adolescents....
View ArticleOnline and social networking interventions for depression in young people
Nikki Newhouse reports on a recent systematic review that brings together 22 studies which investigate a range of online CBT and social networking interventions designed to help young people with...
View ArticleInternet-based CBT for chronic somatic conditions: problematic meta-analysis...
Ioana Cristea critically reviews a recent meta-analysis of Internet-based CBT for patients with chronic somatic conditions. She concludes that the review authors are offering an overly positive...
View ArticleThe Internet Therapist: adherence to Internet CBT compared to face to face CBT
Andrés Fonseca appraises a recent meta-analysis of adherence to Internet CBT and face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for depression. The post The Internet Therapist: adherence to Internet CBT...
View ArticleWoodland walks and your ‘Elf
Kirsten Lawson dons her walking boots and reports on the national Walks for Health (WfH) programme, which has been investigated in an observational study looking at the mental, emotional and social...
View ArticlePsychotherapy for medically unexplained physical symptoms
Ioana Cristea reviews a recent Cochrane systematic review on non-pharmacological interventions for medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). The review finds that psychotherapies for MUPS led to...
View ArticleE-therapy for eating disorders: review finds lack of evidence for digital...
Helen Bould summarises a new systematic review that finds a lack of evidence for the digital treatment or prevention of eating disorders. With so many new websites and apps popping up every week, why...
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