TY - JOUR
T1 - Web-based interventions for youth internalizing problems
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Reyes-Portillo, Jazmin A.
AU - Mufson, Laura
AU - Greenhill, Laurence L.
AU - Gould, Madelyn S.
AU - Fisher, Prudence W.
AU - Tarlow, Naomi
AU - Rynn, Moira A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Results Of the 14,001 citations initially identified, 25 articles met inclusion criteria for Web-based interventions. These described 9 programs, of which 8 were Internet based and 1 was a mobile application. No Web-based interventions for suicide prevention were identified. Of the randomized controlled trials (n = 14) and open trials (n = 3) identified, 10 reported significant postintervention reductions in symptoms of depression and/or anxiety or improvements in diagnostic ratings, with small to large effect sizes. Many of these studies also reported significant improvements at follow-up. The methodological quality of the studies varied. Many programs were limited by their small sample sizes and use of waitlist or no-treatment control groups.Conclusion There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of Web-based interventions for youth depression and anxiety. Additional research and program development are needed to fill the current gaps in the literature.Objective To review published reports on Web-based treatment and prevention programs for depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention in children, adolescents, and emerging adults.Method A systematic search of the PsycINFO, PubMed, Medline, and Web of Science databases was conducted in December 2013. Programs were classified according to evidence-base level (Well-Established, Probably Efficacious, Possibly Efficacious, Experimental, and Of Questionable Efficacy).
AB - Results Of the 14,001 citations initially identified, 25 articles met inclusion criteria for Web-based interventions. These described 9 programs, of which 8 were Internet based and 1 was a mobile application. No Web-based interventions for suicide prevention were identified. Of the randomized controlled trials (n = 14) and open trials (n = 3) identified, 10 reported significant postintervention reductions in symptoms of depression and/or anxiety or improvements in diagnostic ratings, with small to large effect sizes. Many of these studies also reported significant improvements at follow-up. The methodological quality of the studies varied. Many programs were limited by their small sample sizes and use of waitlist or no-treatment control groups.Conclusion There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of Web-based interventions for youth depression and anxiety. Additional research and program development are needed to fill the current gaps in the literature.Objective To review published reports on Web-based treatment and prevention programs for depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention in children, adolescents, and emerging adults.Method A systematic search of the PsycINFO, PubMed, Medline, and Web of Science databases was conducted in December 2013. Programs were classified according to evidence-base level (Well-Established, Probably Efficacious, Possibly Efficacious, Experimental, and Of Questionable Efficacy).
KW - Web-based intervention
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
KW - emerging adult
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912127904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.09.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25457924
AN - SCOPUS:84912127904
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 53
SP - 1254-1270.e5
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 12
ER -
