tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Meta-review of the effectiveness of computerised CBT in treating depression"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Meta-review of the effectiveness of computerised CBT in treating depression | Foroushani et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 131 http 1471-244X 11 131 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Meta-review of the effectiveness of computerised CBT in treating depression Pooria Sarrami Foroushani1 Justine Schneider2 and Neda Assareh3 Abstract Background Several computerised cognitive behaviour therapy cCBT packages are now available to treat mild to moderate depression with or without anxiety. These have been usually been reviewed alongside cCBT for a wide range of psychological problems. Here we single out the results of these reviews for the most common mental disorder mild to moderate depression. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the quality of existing reviews and to enable reliable comparisons of alternative computer packages for the same patient group. Methods A thorough search and analysis of reviews of efficacy of cCBT published between 1999 and February 2011. Results The search yielded twelve systematic reviews from ten studies covering depression. Their methodology is appraised and selected findings are presented here. Conclusions The meta-review supports the efficacy of cCBT for treatment of depression however there is limited information on different approaches whose relative cost-effectiveness remains to be demonstrated. Suggestions are made for future studies in the field. Background Depression and anxiety are amongst the most prevalent psychiatric conditions affecting up to of the population in the UK 1 . It is estimated that depression in adults could cost the nation over 9 billion a year and could lead to million working days lost per year 2 . To address the problem there is a strong evidence base for psychological therapy featuring cognitive behaviour therapy CBT 3 . However conventional CBT is delivered face-to-face meaning that the resources which would be needed to treat everyone who could potentially benefit for depression are vast. The past decade has seen growing use of computers and the .