Promotion of Self-Help Strategies for Depressive Symptoms via the Internet

Grant number: 567056 | Funding period: 2009 - 2012

Completed

Abstract

Depressive symptoms are common, impair individual functioning, and may develop into a full depressive disorder. Self-help for depressive symptoms is well-liked and often used, but some strategies are not as effective as others. This project will test the feasibility of promoting helpful self-help strategies to those with a high level of depressive symptoms, using the internet. The aim is to reduce the overall level of depressive symptoms and the number developing a full depressive disorder.

Related publications (6)

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Self-Help for Depression via E-mail: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Effects on Depression and Self-Help Behaviour

AJ Morgan, AF Jorm, AJ Mackinnon

2013-06-21

Background:Self-help or self-management strategies are commonly used to deal with depression, but not all are thought to be helpfu..

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Behavior change through automated e-mails: Mediation analysis of self-help strategy use for depressive symptoms

AJ Morgan, AJ Mackinnon, AF Jorm

2013-01-01

Objective: To evaluate whether automated e-mails promoting effective self-help strategies for depressive symptoms were effective i..

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Internet-based recruitment to a depression prevention intervention: Lessons from the mood memos study

AJ Morgan, AF Jorm, AJ Mackinnon

2013-01-01

Background: Recruiting participants to randomized controlled trials of health interventions can be very difficult. Internet-based ..

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Email-based promotion of self-help for subthreshold depression: Mood Memos randomised controlled trial

AJ Morgan, AF Jorm, AJ Mackinnon

2012-05-01

Background: Subthreshold depression is common, impairs functioning and increases the risk of major depression. Improving self-help..

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Usage and reported helpfulness of self-help strategies by adults with sub-threshold depression

AJ Morgan, AF Jorm, AJ MacKinnon

2012-02-01

Background: Informal self-help has the potential to reduce the population burden from sub-threshold forms of depression. Evaluatin..

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Protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating self-help email messages for sub-threshold depression: The Mood Memos study

AJ Morgan, AF Jorm, AJ Mackinnon

2011-01-13

Background: Sub-threshold depression is common, impairs functioning, and increases the risk of developing major depression. Althou..

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