Secured Internet-mediated Psychotherapy With Psychiatry Patients

This is the second phase (Phase B) of the main project "Bank for Thoughts", which has the following aims:

1. Improvement of software for secured (encrypted and access-controlled) asynchronous text-based communication within health services. (Adjustments for use in psychiatry.) 2. Open clinical trials with Internet-mediated psychotherapy or counselling in out-patient child and adolescent psychiatry. 3. Development of indications and precautions for text-based Internet-mediated psychotherapy.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychiatric Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

10 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Child Psychiatry Department, Levanger Hospital, Levanger, Norway

About this study

This phase (Phase B) concentrates on qualitative evaluation of open clinical single case trials using asynchronous Internet-mediated text-dialogue for psychotherapeutic purposes.

Single patients in differing treatment phases, conditions, age and sex categories are interviewed after using Internet-contact as a supplementary tool in psychotherapy. Their therapists are interviewed as well.

The purpose is systematically gathering single-case experiences with the tool, to build a hypothesis for research and preliminary guidelines for experimental clinical use of Internet-mediated psychotherapy.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Motivation for e-mail contact
Therapist evaluation for suitability

Exclusion criteria

Paranoia
Psychosis
Eating disorders
Addictive problems
Denying or concealing symptoms

Treatment and study plan

eTherapy

Device

secured e-mail system between patient and therapist

Other names: Treatment as usual

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Other

Collaborators

Norwegian Directorate of Health

Registry information

Official study title

Secured Internet-mediated Psychotherapy With Psychiatry Patients. Software Improvement, Clinical Trials and Development of Clinical Precautions

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2006
Study completion: 2006
First posted: Sep 16, 2005
Registry last updated: Feb 9, 2017

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