Internet-based psychological treatments for depression

@article{Johansson2012InternetbasedPT,
  title={Internet-based psychological treatments for depression},
  author={Robert Johansson and Gerhard Andersson},
  journal={Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics},
  year={2012},
  volume={12},
  pages={861 - 870}
}
Major depression is highly prevalent, and is associated with high societal costs and individual suffering. Evidence-based psychological treatments obtain good results, but access to these treatments is limited. One way to solve this problem is to provide internet-based psychological treatments, for example, with therapist support via email. During the last decade, internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) has been tested in a series of controlled trials. However, the ICBT… 
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