Pennant, ME;
Loucas, CE;
Whittington, C;
Creswell, C;
Fonagy, P;
Fuggle, P;
Kelvin, R;
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(2015)
Computerised therapies for anxiety and depression in children and young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Behaviour Research and Therapy
, 67C
1 - 18.
10.1016/j.brat.2015.01.009.
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Abstract
One quarter of children and young people (CYP) experience anxiety and/or depression before adulthood, but treatment is sometimes unavailable or inadequate. Self-help interventions may have a role in augmenting treatment and this work aimed to systematically review the evidence for computerised anxiety and depression interventions in CYP aged 5-25 years old. Databases were searched for randomised controlled trials and 27 studies were identified. For young people (12-25 years) with risk of diagnosed anxiety disorders or depression, computerised CBT (cCBT) had positive effects for symptoms of anxiety (SMD -0.77, 95% CI -1.45 to -0.09, k = 6, N = 220) and depression (SMD -0.62, 95% CI -1.13 to -0.11, k = 7, N = 279). In a general population study of young people, there were small positive effects for anxiety (SMD -0.15, 95% CI -0.26 to -0.03; N = 1273) and depression (SMD -0.15, 95% CI -0.26 to -0.03; N = 1280). There was uncertainty around the effectiveness of cCBT in children (5-11 years). Evidence for other computerised interventions was sparse and inconclusive. Computerised CBT has potential for treating and preventing anxiety and depression in clinical and general populations of young people. Further program development and research is required to extend its use and establish its benefit in children.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Computerised therapies for anxiety and depression in children and young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brat.2015.01.009 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.01.009 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication Behaviour Research and Therapy Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Behaviour Research and Therapy, 67, 4/2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.01.009 |
| Keywords: | Adolescent psychology, Anxiety, Child psychology, Depression, Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy, Meta-analysis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1461135 |
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