Kumar Vikram, Sattar Yasar, Bseiso Anan, Khan Sara, Rutkofsky Ian H
California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Sri ramachandra University.
Research Assistant Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate University.
Cureus. 2017 Aug 29;9(8):e1626. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1626.
This review article is an overview of the effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. ICBT's effectiveness has been investigated in treating and managing conditions like depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder, bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and phobias. ICBT's role in the treatment of medical conditions such as diabetes mellitus with comorbid psychiatric illnesses was also explored. Furthermore, this study elaborates on its cost-effectiveness and its impact in rural areas. We conducted a thorough literature search using PubMed and Google Scholar with no restrictions on the date. ICBT's role in treating and controlling psychiatric illnesses has been established in the literature. From the data compiled, we conclude that ICBT is useful in treating mental health and medical illnesses with psychiatric comorbidities. It has also been found to be cost-effective for patients and society. ICBT is a potential tool emerging with modern day technological advancements and is useful in rural and urban settings, across various languages and cultures, and on a global scale. Larger randomized control trials on its use in clinical practice and in reaching rural populations are bound to shed more light on the effectiveness of this tool along with spreading awareness among physician and patient communities.
这篇综述文章概述了基于互联网的认知行为疗法（ICBT）在治疗精神疾病方面的有效性。ICBT在治疗和管理抑郁症、广泛性焦虑症（GAD）、恐慌症、强迫症（OCD）、创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）、适应障碍、双相情感障碍、慢性疼痛和恐惧症等病症方面的有效性已得到研究。还探讨了ICBT在治疗患有合并精神疾病的糖尿病等医疗疾病中的作用。此外，本研究阐述了其成本效益及其在农村地区的影响。我们使用PubMed和谷歌学术进行了全面的文献检索，对日期没有限制。ICBT在治疗和控制精神疾病方面的作用已在文献中得到确立。根据收集到的数据，我们得出结论，ICBT在治疗心理健康问题以及患有合并精神疾病的医疗疾病方面是有用的。研究还发现，它对患者和社会具有成本效益。ICBT是随着现代技术进步而出现的一种潜在工具，在农村和城市环境中、跨越各种语言和文化以及在全球范围内都很有用。关于其在临床实践中的应用以及在覆盖农村人口方面的更大规模随机对照试验，必将进一步揭示这种工具的有效性，并在医生和患者群体中提高认识。
