Annemieke van Straten

..Recently, a Dutch educational broadcasting company developed a 6 week self-help course for insomnia, which consists of a book and television programmes. In this study we examined its effects...

..Yet, the effectiveness of psychological treatments in these patient populations has not been firmly established...

..Effects of web-based guided self-help could be enhanced by incorporating them in a stepped-care model...

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..Yet, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the determinants. In this paper we test the hypothesis that it is associated with personality traits while controlling for mental disorders...

..We developed a new Web-based self-help intervention based on problem-solving therapy, which may be used for people with different types of comorbid problems: depression, anxiety, and work-related stress...

..Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the association between general happiness and these variables in a Latin American sample...

..Depressive and anxiety disorders are common in general practice but not always treated adequately. Introducing stepped care might improve this. In this randomized trial we examined the effectiveness of such a stepped care model...

..Depression can be treated effectively with Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but a short intervention based on problem solving therapy (PST) could constitute a worthwhile alternative to CBT...

..Other research questions concern the identification of potential mediators and the search for subgroups who respond differently to the interventions...

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..A growing number of studies have tested the efficacy of preventive interventions in reducing the incidence of depressive disorders. Until now, no meta-analysis has integrated the results of these studies...

..But the lack of results could also be due to our selection of patients or to our selection of GPs (with interest in psychiatric disorders). Nonetheless the promising signals with respect to anxiety disorders warrant further research...

..Research in the field of web-based interventions for common mental disorders, however, usually excludes participants with a suicidal risk, although a large proportion of participants might suffer from suicidal ideation...

..However, these earlier meta-analyses also included non-randomized studies, and did not include newer high-quality randomized controlled trials...

..A stepped care program is characterized by different treatment steps that are arranged in order of increasing intensity...

..This need can be met by using brief online screening questionnaires, which can also be quickly used to screen patients prior to consultation with a GP...

..This study illustrates that sedentary behaviors occur more frequently among persons with a mental disorder, independent of general physical activity level...

..More research is needed to validate the GAD-SI 'Do you have trouble relaxing' to see if its screening properties approach those of the GAD-7...

..This study is a randomised controlled trial aimed to evaluate an Internet based self-help intervention for sub-clinical and mild PD compared to a waiting list control group...

..We conclude that psychotherapy is effective in the treatment of chronic depression and dysthymia but probably not as effective as pharmacotherapy (particularly the SSRIs)...

..Our findings suggest that regardless of the theoretical background to the therapy, the psychological processes necessary for symptom reduction seem to be comparable...

..48; specificity: 71.53), and for the CES-D it was 22 (sensitivity: 90.48; specificity: 74.31). We conclude that the MDI and CES-D are reliable and valid instruments that can be used for this screening...

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..Seeking help through the Internet can overcome these barriers. This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a guided self-help problem-solving intervention for depressed Turkish migrants that is culturally adapted and web-based...

..Only a minority of patients are treated with effective non-pharmacological therapies. A self-help intervention might offer an inexpensive and more accessible alternative to face-to-face treatment...

..Whether both types of intervention are equally effective has not been established definitively...

..The database can be accessed freely through the Internet...

..In the past few decades, a considerable number of studies have examined the effects of psychotherapies for adult depression...

..There is convincing evidence that self-help is effective for a number of mental disorders. In this study the effectiveness for suicidal thoughts is examined...

..Numerous practice guidelines have recommended IPT as a treatment of choice for unipolar depressive disorders. The authors conducted a meta-analysis to integrate research on the effects of IPT...

..Whether these psychotherapies are equally effective in younger and older age groups has not been examined in meta-analytic research...

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..The present study investigates if a nonlinear (U-shaped) trend is preferable over a linear trend to describe the relationship between BMI and depression, which means that both underweight and obesity are associated with depression...

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..Moreover, we will investigate which level of support by a coach is more effective compared to other levels of support...

..33), indicating a possible adverse effect. Prevention of new cases of mental disorders seems to be possible and may be an important way of reducing the enormous burden of these disorders...

..In the past decades, the effects of problem-solving therapy (PST) for depression have been examined in several randomized controlled studies. However, until now no meta-analysis has tried to integrate the results of these studies...

..Although several studies have examined the relative effects of psychological and combined treatments, this has not been studied satisfactorily in recent statistical meta-analyses...

..Further research should focus on underlying factors and examine causal pathways between depression and obesity...

..Modern techniques for longitudinal data analysis can be helpful in examining differential effects of psychological interventions on specific subpopulations of patients...

..More research on the (negative) effects of these interventions is needed...

..The aim of this study therefore is to estimate disability weights for suicidal thoughts and for mental distress involved in non-fatal suicide attempts...

..More high-quality research is needed to verify these results...

..People scoring high on openness considered many of the actions to be helpful. We conclude that actions taken to cope with depression and their helpfulness differ considerably for subjects with differing personality traits...

..Although indicated prevention of depression is available for about 80% of the Dutch population at little or no cost, only a small proportion of those with subthreshold depression make use of these services...

..Because CP as a whole was as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy, certain forms of CP deserve to be integrated into routine practice...

..The results and sizes of these trials have been mixed. This is the first quantitative meta-analysis, aimed at organizing and evaluating the literature, and estimating effect size...

..Suicidal ideation is highly prevalent, but often remains untreated. The Internet can be used to provide accessible interventions...

..The Internet will most likely assume a major role in the future delivery of cognitive-behavioral interventions to patients with health problems...

..This study suggests that there are no large differences in efficacy between the major psychotherapies for mild to moderate depression...

..It was concluded that CAT is a very fruitful way of improving the efficiency of the CES-D questionnaire. The discussion addresses the strengths and limitations of the application of CAT in mental health research...

..The main conclusion is that personality traits appear to be associated with comorbidity and less so with any specific disorder...

..This study addressed ethnic differences in characteristics of outpatient treatment for depression in the Netherlands...

..It was already known that parental problem drinking results in mental health problems in children. We found clear indications that these problems do not disappear when these children grow old...

..A stepped care approach has the potential to improve the efficiency of psychosocial care. The aim of the study described herein is to evaluate efficacy of a stepped care strategy targeting psychological distress in cancer survivors...

..58). No definite conclusions can be drawn about the longer term effects. Too few studies were available to draw conclusions about the relative effects of psychological treatments compared to pharmacological and other treatments...

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..In this study we report on uptake, drop-out and effects of online problem solving treatment that was implemented in a mental health center...