Increasing access to evidence based psychotherapy

Title

Increasing access to evidence based psychotherapy to improve mental health through the use of internet interventions

Name

Kim Mathiasen

Abstract

Background: Depression is a widespread and undertreated disorder with grave consequences for the individual, relatives and society.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical effects of combining online treatment programs with traditional interventions to increase access to psychological treatment for depression.

Methods: Two studies will be conducted.

• An analysis of routine outcome measurements of Internet based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) for depression in routine care in the Region of Southern Denmark;
• A two-arm randomized controlled trial comparing a blended care condition (B-CBT), consisting of a combination of six to eight online therapy modules and six face-to-face sessions, with treatment as usual, defined as twelve sessions of traditional face-to-face CBT.

Perspectives: Should these new formats of delivery prove to be clinically- and cost effective, a wider dissemination of CBT for depression will be possible. <\p>

Keywords

Depression, CBT, iCBT, cognitive behavioral therapy, Internet, online

Start date and expected end date

010.9.2015 – 31.08.2018

Main supervisor

Professor Kirsten K. Roessler, Department of Psychology, SDU

Co-supervisors

Professor Heleen Riper, Department of Clinical Psychology, VU Amsterdam
Associate Professor Tonny E. Andersen, Department of Psychology, SDU

Collaborators

Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark

Funding

Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark; MasterMind (EU funding)