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

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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

Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066537

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Abstract

Background:Self-help or self-management strategies are commonly used to deal with depression, but not all are thought to be helpful. A previous study found that sub-threshold depression symptoms were improved by an e-mail intervention that encouraged the use of evidence-based self-help strategies.Aim:To investigate whether these e-mails were effective for adults with a range of depression symptomatology including major depression.Method:The study was a parallel-group randomised controlled trial. Adult participants with any level of depressive symptoms were recruited over the internet from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States. Participants were ran..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (567056), a Sidney Myer Health Scholarship, and an NHMRC Australia Fellowship (566652). Orygen Youth Health Research Centre receives funding from the Colonial Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.