title: EPA guidance on eMental health interventions in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
abstract: The aim of this EPA guidance was to develop recommendations on eMental health interventions in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A systematic literature search was performed and 40 articles were retrieved and assessed with regard to study characteristics, applied technologies, therapeutic approaches, diagnostic ascertainment, efficacy, sustainability of clinical effects, practicability and acceptance, attrition rates, safety, clinician-supported vs. non-supported interventions and active vs. waiting-list controls. The reviewed studies showed a great heterogeneity concerning study type, study samples, interventions and outcome measures. Based on these findings, five graded recommendations dealing with symptom reduction, acceptability, type of administration, clinician support, self-efficacy and coping were developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany; WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaebel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany; WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Großimlinghaus
authors.affiliation: Treatment Centre Little Prince, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mucic
authors.affiliation: Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maercker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany; WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zielasek
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerst
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000592:standards*
keywords: E-mental health; Mental healthcare; Mobile health; PTSD; Posttraumatic stress disorder; eMental Health