Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Mental Health Prevention and Treatment

Fonseca, Ana; Osma, Jorge

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020461

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“…This is also supported by previous studies examining age differences in the IMIs [51,54]. Besides age, other variables, such as e-health literacy, might affect the positive outcomes from IMIs; accordingly, such aspects should also be considered in the future [40,55]. Future studies should address older patients specifically in order to meet their needs better.…”

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The Mediation Effect of Phobic Anxiety on the Treatment Outcome of Activity and Participation across Age: Comparison between Online and Face-to-Face Rehabilitation Aftercare of an RCT

Gao

Dahmen

Keller

et al. 2021

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The efficacy of internet and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) has been demonstrated with different mental health disorders, but little is known about the mediating effect of phobic anxiety on activity and participation and the differential effect of age. The current study tested a moderated mediation model with short-term change in phobic anxiety mediating between treatment (IMI vs. face-to-face, F2F) and long-term change in activity and participation, and age of patients moderating this mediation. Participants (N = 142) were recruited from psychosomatic rehabilitation clinics and randomized into the IMI psychosomatic aftercare or F2F psychosomatic aftercare. Moderated mediation analyses were conducted using R software. Results showed that the long-term treatment effects of activity and participation (βc = −0.18, p = 0.034; βc’ = −0.13, p = 0.145) were improved through the successful decrease of phobic anxiety (βa = −0.18, p = 0.047; βb = 0.37, p = 0.010). Older patients benefited equally from both IMI and F2F interventions regarding short-term treatment change in phobic anxiety, while younger participants benefited more from IMI (βAge*Treatment = 0.20, p = 0.004). IMIs targeting mental disorders can improve activity and participation along with phobic anxiety, especially in younger individuals. The needs of older patients should be considered with the development and improvement of IMIs.

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The Mediation Effect of Phobic Anxiety on the Treatment Outcome of Activity and Participation across Age: Comparison between Online and Face-to-Face Rehabilitation Aftercare of an RCT

Gao

Dahmen

Keller

et al. 2021

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“…Future research may want to prioritize these transdiagnostic variables in the corresponding modules of T-CBT programs. In addition, adolescents suffering from high levels of COVID-19-related anxiety and depression could benefit from transdiagnostic protocols delivered via internet (T-iCBT) (Sandín et al, 2020b;Fonseca and Osma, 2021). It has been suggested that internetbased interventions have several advantages compared with traditional face-to-face treatments, such as improved access to evidence-based treatments, a better cost-effectiveness and less stigma.…”

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Effects of Coronavirus Fears on Anxiety and Depressive Disorder Symptoms in Clinical and Subclinical Adolescents: The Role of Negative Affect, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Emotion Regulation Strategies

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Fears related to COVID-19 (“coronavirus fears”) have emerged as a new psychological effect of the current COVID-19 pandemic and have been associated with psychological distress and impairment. Other adverse effects include an increase in anxiety and depression symptoms and the respective disorders. The purpose of the current study was to examine the incremental validity of coronavirus fears and transdiagnostic factors in the prediction of the severity of anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms. A sample of 144 adolescents [aged 12–18 years, 55 boys (38.2%) and 89 girls (61.8%)] most of whom showed elevated levels of anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms completed several self-report measures online assessing coronavirus fears, transdiagnostic vulnerability and protective factors, and emotion regulation strategies. Results based on a series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that coronavirus fears, negative affect, intolerance of uncertainty, acceptance/tolerance, rumination and suppression explained unique variance in the severity of anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms. Path analysis demonstrated that acceptance/tolerance, rumination and suppression mediated the association between higher level transdiagnostic factors and the severity of major depressive disorder symptoms. Findings provide support for the hierarchical transdiagnostic model of emotional disorders and suggest that clinicians should be aware of coronavirus fears. Also, the results warrant the need to consider transdiagnostic vulnerability and protective processes in the new protocols for the treatment of emotional disorders.

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“…Given the harmful effects many have recommended spreading awareness about various mental health disorders and explored using tele-medical and e-Health interventions for treatment of such cases as described by Fonseca et al [6].…”

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“…This behaviour is also adopted to filter profanity and abusive language. For this, the profane-words package 6 is used which contains a large collection of profanity in English. The extension also packages a background script that warns the user if any of the blacklisted keywords are detected on a web site other than google search that the user visits with a popup as shown in Figure 2[B].…”

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Detox Browser -- Towards Filtering Sensitive Content On the Web

Mathews,

Chimalakonda

2021

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The annual consumption of web based resources is increasing at a very fast rate, mainly due to increase in affordability and accessibility of the internet. Many are relying on the web to get diverse perspectives, but at the same time it can expose them to content which is harmful for their mental well-being. Catchy headlines and emotionally charged articles increase the number of readers which in turn increases ad revenue for websites. When a user consumes a large quantity of negative content , it adversely impacts the user's happiness and has a significant impact on his/her mood and state of mind. Many studies carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that people across the globe irrespective of their country of origin have experienced higher levels of anxiety and depression.Web filters can help in constructing a digital environment which is more suitable for people prone to depression, anxiety and stress.Significant amount of work has been done in the field of web filtering, but there has been limited focus on helping Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP's) or those with stress disorders induced by trauma. Through this paper, we propose Detox Browser, a simple tool that enables end users to tune out of or control their exposure to topics that can affect their mental well being. The extension makes use of sentiment analysis and keywords to filter out flagged content from google search results and warns users if any blacklisted topics are detected when navigating across websites. Demonstration of Detox Browser can be found here 1 .Concepts: • Information systems → Personalization; • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI).

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Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Mental Health Prevention and Treatment

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Cited by 20 publications

References 18 publications

The Mediation Effect of Phobic Anxiety on the Treatment Outcome of Activity and Participation across Age: Comparison between Online and Face-to-Face Rehabilitation Aftercare of an RCT

The Mediation Effect of Phobic Anxiety on the Treatment Outcome of Activity and Participation across Age: Comparison between Online and Face-to-Face Rehabilitation Aftercare of an RCT

Effects of Coronavirus Fears on Anxiety and Depressive Disorder Symptoms in Clinical and Subclinical Adolescents: The Role of Negative Affect, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Emotion Regulation Strategies

Detox Browser -- Towards Filtering Sensitive Content On the Web

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