Carper Matthew M
Temple University.
Cogn Behav Pract. 2017 Feb;24(1):121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2016.11.001.
Anxiety Coach is a smartphone application ("app") for iOS devices that is billed as a self-help program for anxiety in youth and adults. The app is currently available in the iTunes store for a one-time fee of $4.99. Anxiety Coach is organized around three related content areas: (a) self-monitoring of anxiety symptoms, (b) learning about anxiety and its treatment, and (c) guiding users through the development of a fear hierarchy and completion of exposure tasks. Although the app includes psychoeducation about anxiety as well as information regarding specific skills individuals can use to cope with anxiety (e.g., cognitive restructuring), the primary focus of the app is on exposure tasks. As such, the app includes a large library of potential exposure tasks that are relevant to treating common fears and worries, making Anxiety Coach useful to clients and clinicians alike. Additionally, Anxiety Coach prompts users to provide fear ratings while they are carrying out an exposure task and displays a message instructing users to stop the exposure once fear ratings drop by half. These features work together to create an app that has the potential to greatly increase the reach of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety.
焦虑教练是一款适用于iOS设备的智能手机应用程序（“应用”），宣传为针对青少年和成年人焦虑问题的自助项目。该应用目前在iTunes商店有售，一次性收费4.99美元。焦虑教练围绕三个相关内容领域组织：（a）焦虑症状的自我监测，（b）了解焦虑及其治疗方法，以及（c）指导用户制定恐惧等级并完成暴露任务。虽然该应用包括有关焦虑的心理教育以及个人可用于应对焦虑的特定技能信息（例如，认知重构），但其主要重点是暴露任务。因此，该应用包含大量与治疗常见恐惧和担忧相关的潜在暴露任务库，这使得焦虑教练对客户和临床医生都很有用。此外，焦虑教练会在用户执行暴露任务时提示他们提供恐惧评级，并显示一条信息，指示用户一旦恐惧评级下降一半就停止暴露。这些功能共同作用，创建了一个有可能极大地扩大基于暴露的焦虑认知行为疗法覆盖面的应用程序。
