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The Feasibility and Effectiveness of Computer-Guided CBT (FearFighter) in a Rural Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2007

Linda Hayward ,
Alastair D. MacGregor ,
David F. Peck  and
Peter Wilkes
Linda Hayward
Affiliation:
New Craigs Hospital, Inverness, UK
Alastair D. MacGregor
Affiliation:
New Craigs Hospital, Inverness, UK
David F. Peck
Affiliation:
University of Stirling, UK
Peter Wilkes
Affiliation:
Drumnadrochit, UK
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Abstract

Evaluations of computer-guided CBT (CCBT) suggest that this is a promising approach to closing the gap between the demand for, and the supply of, CBT. However, additional studies are required that are conducted by researchers independent of the programme developers, and include a wider range of participants. This independent study examined the viability of CCBT for panic and phobic anxiety in an unselected sample of referrals in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Outcome was assessed by a wide range of outcome measures, completed before and after treatment, and at 4-month follow-up. Participants experienced few difficulties in using the programme, and GPs and participants regarded CCBT as acceptable and useful. Major improvements were obtained, with several large effect sizes, which remained at follow-up. It was concluded that computer-guided CBT can play a useful part in delivering CBT services in rural areas; and that self-help CBT may be the only treatment option available to some sufferers.

Keywords

Computer-guidedpanicphobiafeasibilityacceptabilityrural
Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , July 2007 , pp. 409 - 419
Copyright
2007 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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