SaveMySkin: A pilot study about an internet-based self-help intervention for skin picking

SummaryIn an open study, ten people with phobia or panic disorder who could not travel repeatedly to a therapist accessed a computer-aided exposure self-help system (Fear Fighter) at home on the internet with brief therapist support by telephone. They improved significantly, and their outcome and satisfaction resembled those in patients with similar disorders who used Fear Fighter in clinics with brief face-to-face therapist support.

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Reflexive nominal compounds

Studies in Language ◽

10.1075/sl.35.1.04koe ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 112-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ekkehard König

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Self Control ◽

Semantic Type ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Self Help ◽

Transitive Verbs ◽

Nominal Compounds ◽

Multiple Uses ◽

Semantic Types

This paper presents a detailed analysis of reflexive nominal compounds like self-assessment in English and their counterparts in nine other languages, whose number and use has strongly increased in these languages over the last several decades. The first component of these compounds is shown to be related to intensifiers like selbst in German and its cognate form self- in English, whose multiple uses also underlie different semantic types of reflexive compounds (self-help vs. self-control), whereas the second component typically derives from transitive verbs. Among the central problems discussed in this paper are the question of the productivity of these compounds and the possibility of deriving their meaning in a compositional fashion. The parameters of variation manifested by the sample of languages under comparison in this pilot study concern inter alia the form of the intensifier (native or borrowed, one or two), the semantic type, and the lexical category of the resultant compound.

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Computerised cognitive–behavioural therapy for depression in adolescents: 12-month outcomes of a UK randomised controlled trial pilot study

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2019.91 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Barry Wright ◽

Lucy Tindall ◽

Rebecca Hargate ◽

Victoria Allgar ◽

Dominic Trépel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽

Care Pathway ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Behavioural Therapy ◽

Self Help ◽

Cognitive Behavioural ◽

Randomised Controlled

Background Computerised cognitive–behavioural therapy (CCBT) in the care pathway has the potential to improve access to psychological therapies and reduce waiting lists within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, however, more randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are needed to assess this. Aims This single-centre RCT pilot study compared a CCBT program (Stressbusters) with an attention control (self-help websites) for adolescent depression at referral to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of CCBT (trial registration: ISRCTN31219579). Method The trial ran within community and clinical settings. Adolescents (aged 12–18) presenting to their primary mental health worker service for low mood/depression support were assessed for eligibility at their initial appointment, 139 met inclusion criteria (a 33-item Mood and Feelings Questionnaire score of ≥20) and were randomised to Stressbusters (n = 70) or self-help websites (n = 69) using remote computerised single allocation. Participants completed mood, quality of life (QoL) and resource-use measures at intervention completion, and 4 and 12 months post-intervention. Changes in self-reported measures and completion rates were assessed by group. Results There was no significant difference between CCBT and the website group at 12 months. Both showed improvements on all measures. QoL measures in the intervention group showed earlier improvement compared with the website group. Costs were lower in the intervention group but the difference was not statistically significant. The cost-effectiveness analysis found just over a 65% chance of Stressbusters being cost-effective compared with websites. The 4-month follow-up results from the initial feasibility study are reported separately. Conclusions CCBT and self-help websites may both have a place in the care pathway for adolescents with depression.

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Increasing access to low‐intensity interventions for childhood anxiety: A pilot study of a guided self‐help program for Scandinavian parents

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1111/sjop.12544 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Barbara Hoff Esbjørn ◽

Sonja Breinholst ◽

Bianca Munkebo Christiansen ◽

Lotte Bukh ◽

Monika Walczak

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Childhood Anxiety ◽

Low Intensity ◽

Self Help

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Guided Self-Help for the Management of Worry in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study

Journal of Parkinson s Disease ◽

10.3233/jpd-120156 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 61-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Rachael A. Lawson ◽

David Millar ◽

Richard G. Brown ◽

David J. Burn

Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Self Help

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4016 Combined Eating Disorder and Weight-Loss Online Guided-Self Help Intervention: Updated Results from an Ongoing Pilot Study

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ◽

10.1017/cts.2020.192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (s1) ◽

pp. 54-54

Author(s):

Grace Elise Monterubio ◽

Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft ◽

Denise E. Wilfley

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Mixed Model ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Baseline Survey ◽

Control Group ◽

Student Health Services ◽

Eating Disorder Examination ◽

Self Help ◽

Study Population

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Aims 1&2: Develop (1) and implement (2) online, guided self-help intervention for ED psychopathology and weight reduction. Aim 3: Follow-up to track remission of ED psychopathology and symptoms and WL maintenance at end of treatment and 6-months. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: N = 60 college students meeting criteria (clinical/sub-clinical binge-type ED with BMI > 25) will complete a baseline survey and then will be randomized into a condition. Students in the intervention group (n = 30) will be offered 8 weeks of an online, guided self-help intervention for ED and WL. Students in the control group (n = 30) will receive an email message to seek support from Student Health Services. All participants will receive follow-ups 9 weeks and 6 months after baseline. Data analysis will compare Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) scores and WL (change in BMI) at all three time-points. Group comparisons will be assessed via two-way mixed-model ANOVA. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Recruitment is still ongoing. Data collected by the time of the conference will be presented on the poster. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Online, guided self-help interventions have been used for WL, as well as for treatment of EDs separately, but no program exists to manage these commonly comorbid conditions concurrently. Thus, this pilot study will examine the effectiveness of combined programs to breach this treatment gap.

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Efficacy of self-help materials for anxiety and depression specifically adapted for use in prison: a pilot study

http://isrctn.org/> ◽

10.1186/isrctn54760645 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Lesley Maunder

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Self Help

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Salivary Cortisol Levels and Depressive Symptomatology in Consumers and Nonconsumers of Self-Help Books: A Pilot Study

Neural Plasticity ◽

10.1155/2016/3136743 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Catherine Raymond ◽

Marie-France Marin ◽

Anne Hand ◽

Shireen Sindi ◽

Robert-Paul Juster ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Book Industry ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

The Self ◽

Cortisol Reactivity ◽

Self Help ◽

Cortisol Levels ◽

The Impact

The self-help industry generates billions of dollars yearly in North America. Despite the popularity of this movement, there has been surprisingly little research assessing the characteristics of self-help books consumers, and whether this consumption is associated with physiological and/or psychological markers of stress. The goal of this pilot study was to perform the first psychoneuroendocrine analysis of consumers of self-help books in comparison to nonconsumers. We tested diurnal and reactive salivary cortisol levels, personality, and depressive symptoms in 32 consumers and nonconsumers of self-help books. In an explorative secondary analysis, we also split consumers of self-help books as a function of their preference for problem-focusedversusgrowth-oriented self-help books. The results showed that while consumers of growth-oriented self-help books presented increased cortisol reactivity to a psychosocial stressor compared to other groups, consumers of problem-focused self-help books presented higher depressive symptomatology. The results of this pilot study show that consumers with preference for either problem-focused or growth-oriented self-help books present different physiological and psychological markers of stress when compared to nonconsumers of self-help books. This preliminary study underlines the need for additional research on this issue in order to determine the impact the self-help book industry may have on consumers’ stress.

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