title: Effectiveness of cybertherapy in mental health: a critical appraisal.
abstract: Although Virtual Reality (VR) treatment and Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) have been found to be effective in a large series of studies, dissemination of these therapies in the community at large is still in its infancy. A number of reasons for the lack of dissemination are discussed, including clinicians' resistance, lack of representation of samples studied, and lack of cost-effectiveness studies. Challenges for further studies are pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam. p.m.g.emmelkampr@uva.nl
authors.forename: Paul M G
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Emmelkamp
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface