Opinion of the Patients About an Internet-Based Psychological Treatment Protocol

摘要

Emotional disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) are highly prevalent. Currently, there is evidence showing the efficacy of disorder-specific cognitive-behavior therapy for emotional disorders. However, high comorbidity rates among emotional disorders have led some researchers to shift the focus to treatment strategies that might be more widely effective across these diverse conditions (transdiagnostic approach). Another important line of research in the literature is Internet-based psychotherapy. An increasing number of meta-analyses have shown the efficacy and effectiveness of Internet-based cognitive-behavior treatment protocols for emotional disorders. Nevetherless, little is known about the acceptability (i.e. expectations and opinion of treatment) of these types of interventions. We have developed a transdiagnostic treatment protocol and have adapted it so that it can be applied over the Internet. The aim of this study is to describe the protocol and to present data about the acceptability of the online intervention by a sample of patients from a randomized controlled trial that we are currently conducting in Spanish public mental specialized care settings.