title: Evaluation of a brief cognitive behavioral group therapy for psychological distress among female Icelandic University students.
abstract: A study of a brief cognitive behavioral group therapy intervention for psychologically distressed Icelandic female university students was conducted using a pre-post test quasi-experimental design with intervention and control group conditions. Students were randomly allocated to control and intervention group conditions (n = 30). The intervention group received four sessions of cognitive behavioral group therapy, delivered by two advanced practice psychiatric nurses. Assessment of distress included self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms. Students in the intervention group experienced significantly lower levels of depression and anxiety symptoms compared to the control group post-test providing preliminary evidence concerning intervention effectiveness for Icelandic students.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, and place before Psychiatry, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. johannab@hi.is
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernhardsdottir
authors.forename: Runar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vilhjalmsson
authors.forename: Jane Dimmitt
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Champion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011594:Psychometrics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult