Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nicki A. Dowling, Stephanie S. Merkouris, Simone N. Rodda, David Smith, Stephanie Aarsman, Tiffany Lavis, Dan I. Lubman, David W. Austin, John A. Cunningham, Malcolm W. Battersby, Seung O. Chul
Summary: The study found that both guided and unguided online cognitive-behavioral gambling programs led to improvements in gambling symptoms and psychological factors. The guided intervention also showed additional improvements in urges and frequency of gambling, as well as higher rates of clinically significant change. Further research is needed to determine the value of human support in internet-based gambling interventions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Cristina Tomoiaga, Oana David
Summary: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of an online game-based cognitive-behavioral therapy transdiagnostic intervention (REThink game) in reducing psychology students' distress. The results showed improvements in dysfunctional negative emotions and irrational cognitions for the REThink game group compared to the control group.
GAMES FOR HEALTH JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Claudia Buntrock, Johanna Freund, Filip Smit, Heleen Riper, Dirk Lehr, Leif Boss, Matthias Berking, David Daniel Ebert
Summary: This study evaluated the economic benefits of guided and unguided internet-based interventions to reduce problematic alcohol consumption in employees, showing that guided interventions were both cost-beneficial and cost-effective from both societal and employer perspectives.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, Jacqueline Howard
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of COMET-SSI compared to a waiting list control in depression and other transdiagnostic mental health outcomes. The results showed negligible differences between the two conditions in various outcomes at different time points, even in subsets of individuals with more severe symptoms. Therefore, this study does not support the use of COMET-SSI in adult participants. Future work should explore alternate ways of intervening with paid web-based participants, including matching individuals to SSIs they may be most responsive to.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ans Vangrunderbeek, Ann Raveel, Catharina Mathei, Herwig Claeys, Bert Aertgeerts, Geertruida Bekkering
Summary: This study investigated the effectiveness and predictors of success of a Belgian online help programme for alcohol misuse. Both guided and unguided internet interventions were found to be effective in reducing alcohol consumption, with better results in the guided intervention. Factors such as higher baseline alcohol consumption, personal goal to quit, absence of drug use, and higher number of completed assignments predicted a higher chance of treatment response.
INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Paul Ritvo, Yuliya Knyahnytska, Meysam Pirbaglou, Wei Wang, George Tomlinson, Haoyu Zhao, Renee Linklater, Shari Bai, Megan Kirk, Joel Katz, Lillian Harber, Zafiris Daskalakis
Summary: The study demonstrated that online mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective treatment for youth depression, showing significant improvements in depression, anxiety, and pain levels. The results suggest the potential feasibility and advantages of using online CBT-M in the treatment of depression in young adults.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Iryna Rachyla, Sonia Mor, Pim Cuijpers, Cristina Botella, Diana Castilla, Soledad Quero
Summary: The study demonstrates the effectiveness of ICBT interventions in reducing the impact of AjD, with participants showing significant improvement in several outcome measures including post-traumatic growth, emotional states, and quality of life. The number of cases achieving clinically meaningful change was also higher in the intervention group.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Peter Musiat, Catherine Johnson, Melissa Atkinson, Simon Wilksch, Tracey Wade
Summary: Web-based interventions are increasingly used for mental health, and incorporating guidance in these interventions can significantly improve intervention completion rates.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Laura Diaz-Sanahuja, Daniel Campos, Adriana Mira, Diana Castilla, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Juana Maria Breton-Lopez
Summary: This study aims to assess the efficacy of an online psychological intervention for gambling problems in Spain. It will be a randomized controlled trial with a focus on outcomes such as gambling severity, gambling-related cognitions, readiness to change, and gambling self-efficacy.
INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Swantje Borsutzky, Steffen Moritz, Birgit Hottenrott, Josefine Gehlenborg
Summary: This study introduces an internet-based self-help intervention called Lenio and its accompanying smartphone app COGITO for chronic pain patients with comorbid depressive symptoms. The effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial, aiming to provide essential insight into the feasibility, effectiveness, and acceptance of internet-based interventions for chronic pain patients.
Review
Psychiatry
Megi Mamukashvili-Delau, Nicole Koburger, Sandra Dietrich, Christine Rummel-Kluge
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the efficacy of computer-delivered and/or internet-based CBT self-help interventions for depression with minimal guidance. The results show that these interventions are effective in improving depression symptoms in adults and that combined guidance through email and telephone calls is more effective than other types of minimal guidance.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jonas Eimontas, Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Ieva Biliunaite, Gerhard Andersson
Summary: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (IBCT) for elderly depression, utilizing a randomized controlled trial to compare the intervention group with the waiting list group. Further analysis of secondary outcomes and participant behavior will provide insights into potential effectiveness moderating factors.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Mathias Harrer, David Daniel Ebert, Paula Kuper, Sarah Paganini, Sandra Schlicker, Yannik Terhorst, Benedikt Reuter, Lasse B. Sander, Harald Baumeister
Summary: This study explored the heterogeneous treatment effects of an Internet-based depression intervention for patients with chronic back pain. The results showed that only the use of back pain medication was identified as a moderator of the treatment effect, and a decision tree model was developed to predict individualized treatment benefits.
INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Anu Raevuori, Tero Vahlberg, Tellervo Korhonen, Outi Hilgert, Raija Aittakumpu-Hyden, Valerie Forman-Hoffman
Summary: The Meru Health Program did not show significant differences in depression outcomes compared to treatment as usual. However, the intervention group did show improvements in resilience, mindfulness, and reduction in perceived stress compared to the control group. Post-hoc analysis revealed a significant reduction in depression for patients on antidepressants receiving the intervention.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Caroline Oehler, Katharina Scholze, Hanna Reich, Christian Sander, Ulrich Hegerl
Summary: This study found that guided patients who actively engaged with the intervention content in internet-based interventions for depression demonstrated greater improvements in symptom outcomes. Guidance not only helps to increase adherence, but also further enhances the effectiveness of the intervention for patients who follow the guidance.
JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
J. Gonzalez-Hernandez, R. Banos, R. Morquecho-Sanchez, H. A. Pineda-Espejel, J. L. Chamorro
Summary: The present research explores the relationships between perfectionism, dark traits of personality, and exercise addiction. The findings indicate that maladaptive perfectionism is associated with higher levels of dark personality traits and a greater risk of exercise addiction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lorena Desdentado, Marta Miragall, Roberto Llorens, Rosa Maria Banos
Summary: Interoceptive sensibility (IS), a crucial aspect of interoception, plays an important role in mental health and emotion regulation. This study examines the relationships between IS and emotion regulation processes, and validates a measurement tool. The results show that lower scores on IS dimensions related to accepting bodily signals are associated with alexithymia and emotion dysregulation, which in turn predicts depression. The eight-factor structure of the measurement tool is confirmed.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Georgina Barbero-Mauri, Ana Lucia Hernandez-Cordero, Yolanda Lopez-del Hoyo
Summary: This study analyzes the messages and discourses on how to be a mother that are transmitted through Facebook from a gender perspective. The results reveal that the intensive mothering model continues to be reproduced, despite progress in gender equality.
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
(2023)
Review
Nursing
Yolanda Lopez-Del-Hoyo, Selene Fernandez-Martinez, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Alberto Barcelo-Soler, Marco Bani, Selena Russo, Fernando Urcola-Pardo, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Javier Garcia-Campayo
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of eHealth interventions in reducing stress and promoting mental health among healthcare professionals, and to compare different types of programs. The results indicate that self-guided and 'third-wave' psychotherapy interventions have shown promising results, but methodological limitations of the studies hinder definitive conclusions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2023)
Letter
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Johan H. Vlake, Jasper van Bommel, Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K. K. Wiederhold, Pietro Cipresso, Albert Skip Rizzo, Cristina Botella, Lotty Hooft, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Bart Geerts, Evert-Jan Wils, Diederik Gommers, Michel E. E. van Genderen
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Veronica Guillen, Sara Bolo, Sara Fonseca-Baeza, Sandra Perez, Joaquin Garcia-Alandete, Cristina Botella, Jose Heliodoro Marco
Summary: This study aimed to explore the clinical symptomatology in parents of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and compare them with a sample of people without a relative with a personality disorder. The results showed that parents of people with BPD exhibited greater depressive and anxious symptomatology, higher levels of expressed emotion, and worse quality of life. Additionally, a high percentage of these parents (50%) met the diagnostic criteria for different personality disorders.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Malenka Areas, Anna Margarete Babl, Javier Fernandez-Alvarez, Andres Roussos, Cristina Botella, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Rosa Banos, Soledad Quero, Juana Maria Breton, Juan Martin Gomez Penedo
Summary: This study aimed to investigate therapeutic alliance and treatment expectations as predictors of treatment outcomes in exposure-based treatments for specific phobias. The results showed that treatment expectations had a significant effect on treatment outcomes, while therapeutic alliance did not. Patients reduced their phobia symptoms.
COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Juan P. Sanabria-Mazo, Ariadna Colomer-Carbonell, Xavier Borras, Juan R. Castano-Asins, Lance M. Mccracken, Jesus Montero-Marin, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Silvia Edo, Antoni Sanz, Albert Feliu-Soler, Juan Luciano
Summary: This study examined the efficacy of adding remote, synchronous, group videoconference-based ACT or BATD to treatment-as-usual in patients with CLBP and comorbid depressive symptoms. The results showed that both ACT and BATD were more effective than TAU in reducing pain interference and pain catastrophizing. The improvements in pain interference were related to improvements in psychological flexibility.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Javier Garcia-Campayo, Rinchen Hijar-Aguinaga, Yolanda Lopez-Del-Hoyo, Rosa Magallon-Botaya, Selene Fernandez-Martinez, Alberto Barcelo-Soler, Joaquim Soler-Ribaudi, Jesus Montero-Marin
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effect of three deconstructive techniques by comparing them to mindfulness in the general population. A randomized controlled clinical trial will be conducted with about 240 participants allocated to four groups. The primary outcome will be the qualities of the non-dual experience and spiritual awakening, measured by the Nondual Embodiment Thematic Inventory. Other outcomes will be mindfulness, happiness, compassion, affectivity and altered state of consciousness. Quantitative data will be compared using mixed-effects linear regression models, and qualitative data will be analysed through thematic analysis and using the constant comparative method from grounded theory.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jose Luis Gonzalez Munoz, Nuria Garcia-Agua Soler, Antonio J. Garcia J. Ruiz
Summary: In Andalusia, the conflict between the right to maximum waiting times for healthcare and the available supply has resulted in increased demand in the form of waiting lists. To address this issue, private centers have been utilized for certain diagnostic tests. However, there is a lack of studies on the suitability of waiting lists using the Social Return on Investment (SROI) model. Therefore, this research protocol aims to assess the social return on investment and suitability of the intervention by analyzing the quality of life gained and conducting a specific survey using the SROI method.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Adoracion Castro, Margalida Gili, Marjolein Visser, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Ingeborg A. Brouwer, Juan Jose Montano, Maria Angeles Perez-Ara, Mauro Garcia-Toro, Ed Watkins, Matt Owens, Ulrich Hegerl, Elisabeth Kohls, Mariska Bot, Miquel Roca
Summary: This study found that the consumption of carbonated/soft drinks with sugar was associated with higher levels of anxiety, while there was no relationship between coffee and tea consumption and the level of depression and anxiety.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ftima Mendez-Lopez, Barbara Olivan-Blazquez, Marta Dominguez Garcia, Yolanda Lopez-Del-Hoyo, Olaya Tamayo-Morales, Rosa Magallon-Botaya
Summary: This study aimed to explore the association between the severity of depression and anxiety, problematic use of ICT, and related personal factors with health behavior among adults. The results showed that problematic use of ICT, low self-esteem, and low self-efficacy were associated with more severe depressive and anxiety symptoms.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Rheumatology
Juan V. Luciano, Randy Neblett, Cecilia Penacoba, Carlos Suso-Ribera, Lance M. McCracken
Summary: This review explores the role of psychologists in the assessment and treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Psychological therapies have been shown to be effective and cost-efficient in improving a wide range of FMS symptoms. Patients with FMS benefit from multidisciplinary treatment that includes education, exercise, and psychotherapeutic approaches.
CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN RHEUMATOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Pau Riera-Serra, Guillem Navarra-Ventura, Adoracion Castro, Margalida Gili, Angie Salazar-Cedillo, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Lorenzo Roldan-Espinola, Victoria Coronado-Simsic, Mauro Garcia-Toro, Rocio Gomez-Juanes, Miquel Roca
Summary: This article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on suicide risk in patients with depressive disorders. The study identifies various predictors of suicidality within the clinical features of depression, including diagnostic subtypes, symptoms, clinical course, and assessment scales. The findings highlight the importance of factors such as severity of hopelessness, history of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, severe depression, psychotic symptoms, time to full remission, and sleep disturbances in predicting future suicide behaviors.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Pars Atasoy, Laura Lambe, Sarah Degrace, Tessa Cosman, Pablo Romero-Sanchiz, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: Conditioned cannabis craving to trauma cues, arising through coping-motivated cannabis use, may contribute to PTSD-cannabis use disorder comorbidity. However, prior work unexpectedly failed to support negative affect-specific coping motives as a mediator of the PTSD symptom severity-trauma cue-elicited cannabis craving association. Nevertheless, when combining negative affect-specific with PTSD symptom-specific coping motives, the composite cannabis coping motive measure mediated the association between PTSD symptom severity and trauma cue-elicited craving.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)