Guided Internet-Based Treatments in Psychiatry
This book provides a practically oriented overview of internet-based treatments in psychiatry and mental health care, which represent a relatively new research area and offer a novel clinical approach. The principal focus is on internet-based cognitive be
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Guided Internet-Based Treatments in Psychiatry
Nils Lindefors • Gerhard Andersson Editors
Guided Internet-Based Treatments in Psychiatry
Editors Nils Lindefors Stockholm Sweden
Gerhard Andersson Linköping Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-06082-8 ISBN 978-3-319-06083-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06083-5
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Preface
Many psychiatric disorders entail symptoms and problems treatable with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Research in this field is extensive and expanding and evidence for significant reduction of burden of disease following CBT is ample. Treatment guidelines in many countries recommend CBT as a first-line treatment for, for example, major depression and anxiety disorders. However, most if not all countries suffer from a worldwide troublesome shortage in the number of trained CBT therapists. Although we know from extensive evidence that CBT is costeffective and well received in clinical psychiatry, patients are often recommended other means of treatment when asking for CBT due to this problematic shortage in therapists. To assist the development of disseminated CBT with quality-assured means, this book present methods and discuss related issues for Internet-based CBT (ICBT). The focus is on therapist-guided ICBT. ICBT is a novel contribution to modern health care in the domain of eHealth. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), eHealth is the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health. Possible domains for eHealth development suggested by WHO include treating patients, conducting research, educating the health workforce, tracking diseases and monitoring public health. In line with this, we conc
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