Working Alliance in Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Therapeutic alliance in guided internet therapy programs for depression and anxiety disorders – A systematic review

“…Mean ages of participants (35 to 39 years) were comparable, and sample sizes of trials ranged from 34 to 204 participants. All studies reported alliance measures for the intervention group numbering 27 to 102, with the exception of Herbst et al (2016) , who measured alliance both in the intervention group of 18 and the control group of 16 ( Table 2 ). All iCBT treatments were efficacious, with large effect sizes ranging from 0.82 to 1.55 in Cohen's d-value on the main outcome measures.…”

“…Completer percentage in treatment groups varied from 10,5% to 88%. Study populations were mostly self-referred, subjects being recruited by use of websites and the national media, with only two studies including some proportion of clinician-referred clients ( Andersson et al, 2015 , Herbst et al, 2016 ). All the studies excluded serious comorbidities like suicidality and history of psychosis, but some other comorbidities were allowed and are listed here if reported.…”

“…These six studies were, hence, excluded. Of the four remaining studies ( Andersson et al, 2015 , Andersson et al, 2012b , Bergman Nordgren et al, 2013 , Herbst et al, 2016 ), one study ( Andersson et al, 2012b ) reported secondary alliance analysis of three samples previously studied, so altogether six trials reporting alliance ratings were included in the analysis. ( Fig.…”

Working alliance and outcome effectiveness in videoconferencing psychotherapy: A systematic review and noninferiority meta‐analysis

“…was conducted on April 19, 2018-see Figure 1 for an outline of the selection process. Of the articles accessed in full, the reasons for exclusion were no quantifiable working alliance measure (Frueh et al, 2007;Gros, Yoder, Tuerk, Lozano, & Acierno, 2010;Simpson, 2001;Strachan et al, 2012), outcome data not reported preintervention and postintervention (Day & Schneider, 2002;Goetter, Herbert, Forman, Yuen, & Thomas, 2014;Simpson, Deans, & Brebner, 2001), intervention not delivered by VCP (Herbst et al, 2016), group therapy (Morland et al, 2014), therapy not being the main intervention of focus (Olden et al, 2017), VCP being supplemented by phone calls (Vogel et al, 2014), data reported in another study already included in the review (Bouchard et al, 2000), and the type of therapy being eclectic or unspecified (Ghosh, McLaren, & Watson, 1997;Simpson, Bell, Knox, & Mitchell, 2005). Twelve studies met the criteria and were included in the review (Bouchard et al, 2004;Ertelt et al, 2010;Germain, Marchand, Bouchard, Drouin, & Guay, 2009;Germain, Marchand, Bouchard, Guay, & Drouin, 2010;Himle et al, 2006;Lichstein et al, 2013;Manchanda & McLaren, 1998;Mitchell et al, 2008;Morland et al, 2015;Stefan & David, 2013;Stubbings, Rees, Roberts, & Kane, 2013;Yuen et al, 2013).…”

KVT durch „Dr. Internet“ bessert Insomnie

“…primär psychotherapeutisch behandelbar sind, beispielsweise Angsterkrankungen und Zwangsstörungen. Hier liegen erste Studien vor[1], eine vollautomatisierte Behandlungsoption ist aber nicht etabliert[2].…”