title: [Personalized Internet-based treatment services for posttraumatic stress disorder].
abstract: Among the most important innovations within the psychotherapeutic care system are the new opportunities in the field of e-mental health. During the past decade, Internet-based and other e-mental health approaches for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and related stress-associated symptoms have been developed in great variety. Solely Internet-based self-help programs are the lowest-threshold approaches in a stepped-care system. By contrast, individualized online psychotherapy and virtual reality programs are at the opposite pole of the spectrum. Approaches in the field of m(obile)-mental health complement these new developments in psychotherapy. The existing evidence supports the clinical efficacy of all the described approaches, although not all have been tested rigorously analog to phase III studies in psychopharmacology. Nonetheless, e-mental health approaches will shape our field more and more in the future.
authors.affiliation: Psychopathologie & Klinische Intervention, Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestr. 14/17, 8044, Zürich, Schweiz. maercker@psychologie.uzh.ch.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maercker
authors.affiliation: Psychopathologie & Klinische Intervention, Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestr. 14/17, 8044, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hecker
authors.affiliation: Psychopathologie & Klinische Intervention, Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestr. 14/17, 8044, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heim
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: E-mental health; Internet-based psychotherapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self-help programs; Virtual reality therapy