Acceptance and commitment therapy as a web-based intervention for depressive symptoms: Randomised controlled trial

Abstract

Acceptance and commitment therapy as a web-based public mental health intervention for adults with depressive symptoms can be effective and applicable.

Are acceptance and mindfulness‐based interventions ‘value for money’? Evidence from a systematic literature review

“…The 22 potentially relevant studies were retrieved, and their full text was assessed for eligibility. Consideration of these studies against the selection criteria led to the exclusion of a further 11 references (Bota, Hazen, Tieu, & Novac, 2016;Fjorback et al, 2012Fjorback et al, , 2013Holmes et al, 2007;Lengacher et al, 2015;Luciano et al, 2017;McDaid & Park, 2012;Murphy & Bourke, 2014;Pots et al, 2016;Prioli et al, 2017;Van Roijen, Sinnaeve, Bouwmans, & Van Den Bosch, 2015). The remaining 10 studies presented in 11 articles formed the final set of reviewed evidence (Amner, 2012;Finnes et al, 2017;Knight, Bean, Wilton, & Lin, 2015;Kuyken, et al, 2008;Kuyken, et al, 2015a,b;Pasieczny & Connor, 2011;Priebe et al, 2012;Shawyer, Enticott, Ozmen, Inder, & Meadows, 2016;van Ravesteijn et al, 2013;Wagner et al, 2014).…”

The Efficacy and Acceptability of Third-Wave Behavioral and Cognitive eHealth Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…This finding is also demonstrated in the individual interventional trials synthesised in these analyses that included both inactive and active control conditions. For example, Pots et al (2015) found that an Internetdelivered ACT intervention yielded a small statistically significant effect on anxiety outcomes relative to both inactive (g = 0.49) and active control conditions (g = 0.41). Conversely, third-wave eHealth yielded a small statistically significant effect on quality of life relative to inactive controls (g = 0.46), but no statistically significant differences were found relative to active controls or comparison interventions.…”

“…Therapist guidance was provided in eight of these studies (Buhrman et al, 2013;Hesser et al, 2012;Kristjánsdóttir et al, 2013;Lappalainen et al, 2014;Lappalainen, Langrial, Oinas-Kukkonen, Tolvanen, & Lappalainen, 2015;Pots et al, 2015;Trompetter, Bohlmeijer, Veehof, & Schreurs, 2015;Weineland, Arvidsson, Kakoulidis, & Dahl, 2012), the duration FIGURE 1 Flow diagram of study selection. Note.…”

Mental health outcomes and change processes in compassion focused therapy

“…While multiple randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have provided empirical evidence for the effectiveness of online MBIs in the context of mental health and well-being (e.g., Boettcher et al, 2014;Buhrman et al, 2013;Dowd et al, 2015;Ly et al, 2014;Pots et al, 2016;Trompetter, Bohlmeijer, Veehof, & Schreurs, 2014;Zernicke et al, 2014), to our knowledge, no published meta-analyses have examined the specific effects of online-delivered MBIs on mental health outcomes. However, two published meta-analyses investigating the effects of MBIs did include studies that employed online interventions.…”

“…Since the publication of these two meta-analyses, both of which included data collected up until November 2013, a number of RCTs investigating the effectiveness of online MBIs have appeared in the scientific literature (e.g., Dowd et al, 2015;Pots et al, 2016;Trompetter et al, 2014;Zernicke et al, 2014). Based on the fact that most studies investigating the effects of online MBIs have been published in the last three years, and that interventions delivered through the Internet, in general, receive considerable attention nowadays , we anticipate a further rise in the number of online-delivered MBIs in the upcoming years.…”