Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the main internet-based psychotherapeutic approaches that are evidence-based and their adaptations for specific populations and settings. It provides an in-depth analysis of the primary challenges and obstacles faced by each therapeutic approach, along with the strategies employed by renowned experts to overcome them. Furthermore, the book delves into specific concerns that online clinicians must consider, such as identifying patients suitable for online treatment, addressing resistance to virtual meetings, building a strong therapeutic relationship online, enhancing one's online presence, and other related topics.
The book is divided into five "single-topic" sections: history, methods, and research findings; main internet-based psychotherapeutic approaches; adaptations for specific populations and settings; online treatment for specific disorders; and online psychotherapy for patients with medical conditions.
The volume is intended for a wide readership, ranging from clinical psychologists, health psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists, to social workers, general practitioners, psychotherapy trainees, residential psychiatrists, college/university students, mental health nurses, and researchers in the field. It will also be of great interest to patients and their relatives.
Contents
Introduction.- History of Online Mental Health Interventions.- Telepsychiatry and effectiveness.- Evidence of internet- and mobile-based interventions for mental disorders.- Patient Perspectives of Teletherapy.- The Cognitive-Behavioral Approach in Teletherapy.- Psychodynamic Teletherapy - the past, the present and the future.- Online Person-Centered and Experiential Therapy.- Online psychotherapy for adults.- Child and Adolescent Telepsychotherapy Through the Covid Pandemic: The Experience Of Galen (Galinòs), Mental Health and Personal Development Institute, Athens, Greece.- Cultural Adaptation in Telepsychotherapy.- Digital interventions for improving mental health and wellbeing in young people.- Digital interventions for Older Adults.- Online transdiagnostic self-help interventions.- Internet Interventions for Social Anxiety among College Students.- Teletherapy for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders.- Web-Based Psychological Interventions for Body Image and Weight-Related Disorders.- The effectiveness of telemedicine and teletherapy interventions to address mood disorders.- Teletherapy for people with psychotic disorders - perhaps more useful than expected.- Transdiagnostic digital interventions for emotional, traumatic and stress-related disorders.- Internet- and Mobile-Based Psychological Interventions for Sexual Dysfunctions.- Antepartum and postpartum mental health issues.- Telepsychotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases: specificities and challenges.- Internet-based and mobile-based cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic diseases: Modalities and diversity.- Oncologic and hematologic diseases.- The evaluation of mental health apps efficacy in HIC vs LMIC.- Remente: The leading and science-based workplace mental health and wellbeing platform.- Video Games and Mental Health.- Incorporating online evidence-based mental health resources in therapy.
