Objective: Depression and anxiety are major public health problems. This study evaluated the effects of internet-delivered transdiagnostic psychological treatments for individuals with depression, anxiety, or both.
Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.
Aim: This study piloted a digital self-help intervention facilitating healthy lifestyle for patients with mental health problems in primary care.
Background: Patients with mental health problems show more unhealthy lifestyle behaviors than the general population and prior research indicates that healthy lifestyle behaviors can improve mental health.
Methods: This pilot study assessed use of a self-help digital intervention for healthy lifestyle promotion and included an embedded randomized recruitment trial, where all patients were randomized to digital self-help plus treatment as usual (TAU) or to TAU only.
Background: In many health care systems, primary care is tasked with offering psychological treatment for common mental disorders. Resources are often limited, which complicates widespread dissemination of traditional psychological treatments. Stepped care models where the less resource-intensive interventions are delivered first, can be employed, but often do not eliminate the need for a thorough diagnostic assessment, which can be time-consuming, has the potential to bottleneck patient intake, and can add to waiting times.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Evidence-based practice for healthy lifestyle promotion in primary health care is supported internationally by national policies and guidelines but implementation in routine primary health care has been slow. Referral to digital interventions could lead to a larger proportion of patients accessing structured interventions for healthy lifestyle promotion, but such referral might have unknown implications for clinicians with patients accessing such interventions. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perceptions of clinicians in primary care on healthy lifestyle promotion with or without digital screening and intervention.
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