The effectiveness and acceptability of a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy programme and the psychometric properties of its service user generated outcome measure
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description: Background: Physical and psychological ill-health is strongly interlinked. Poor physical health can amplify psychological symptoms; whilst disabling physical symptomology and illnesses have been improved by the treatment of depression and/or anxiety. Currently, demand outstrips the supply of psychological treatments for common mental health problems. This is mainly due to the lack of trained therapists in the UK. Effective and less herapist-intensive interventions are required. The efficacy of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) has been demonstrated in routine primary care. However, service users in secondary care and those with physical and psychological co-morbidities have frequently been excluded from these studies. Further research, particularly qualitative research, focusing on service users' satisfaction with CCBT has also been called for by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) reviewers. Concurrently,v ery little knowledge exists on what problems users bring to work on in CCBT sessions; whilst service user empowerment perspectives call for an increase in supported self help interventions and "patient as expert" quality of life outcome measures in order to improve accessibility to services and actively involve service users in the delivery of their care. Aims: The first reported piece of research was a naturalistic non-randomised study carried out to establish the effectiveness and acceptability of a CCBT programme, Beating the Blues, as an intervention for anxiety and depression in an NHS CBT specialist centre. The study also sought to identify whether physical co-morbidities altered the nature of the intervention's impact on clinical outcomes. The following two studies evaluated the psychometric properties of an electronic service user generated Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) measure. Methods: Five hundred and ninety service users were included in the study. Three groups, a control group, a standard intervention gr…
abstract: Background: Physical and psychological ill-health is strongly interlinked. Poor physical health can amplify psychological symptoms; whilst disabling physical symptomology and illnesses have been improved by the treatment of depression and/or anxiety. Currently, demand outstrips the supply of psychological treatments for common mental health problems. This is mainly due to the lack of trained therapists in the UK. Effective and less herapist-intensive interventions are required. The efficacy of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) has been demonstrated in routine primary care. However, service users in secondary care and those with physical and psychological co-morbidities have frequently been excluded from these studies. Further research, particularly qualitative research, focusing on service users' satisfaction with CCBT has also been called for by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) reviewers. Concurrently,v ery little knowledge exists on what problems users bring to work on in CCBT sessions; whilst service user empowerment perspectives call for an increase in supported self help interventions and "patient as expert" quality of life outcome measures in order to improve accessibility to services and actively involve service users in the delivery of their care. Aims: The first reported piece of research was a naturalistic non-randomised study carried out to establish the effectiveness and acceptability of a CCBT programme, Beating the Blues, as an intervention for anxiety and depression in an NHS CBT specialist centre. The study also sought to identify whether physical co-morbidities altered the nature of the intervention's impact on clinical outcomes. The following two studies evaluated the psychometric properties of an electronic service user generated Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) measure. Methods: Five hundred and ninety service users were included in the study. Three groups, a control group, a standard intervention gr…
author: Learmonth, D.
keywords: BF Psychology
date published: 2007-09
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:39:17Z
provider: City University of London
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: City University London