Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components
Since the emergence of psychological interventions delivered via the Internet they have differed in numerous ways. The wealth of formats, methods, and technological solutions has led to increased availability and cost-effectiveness of clinical care, however, it has simultaneously generated a multitu...
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| author | Ewelina Smoktunowicz Azy Barak Gerhard Andersson Rosa M. Banos Thomas Berger Cristina Botella Blake F. Dear Tara Donker David D. Ebert Heather Hadjistavropoulos David C. Hodgins Viktor Kaldo David C. Mohr Tine Nordgreen Mark B. Powers Heleen Riper Lee M. Ritterband Alexander Rozental Stephen M. Schueller Nickolai Titov Cornelia Weise Per Carlbring |
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| description | Since the emergence of psychological interventions delivered via the Internet they have differed in numerous ways. The wealth of formats, methods, and technological solutions has led to increased availability and cost-effectiveness of clinical care, however, it has simultaneously generated a multitude of terms. With this paper, we first aim to establish whether a terminology issue exists in the field of Internet-delivered psychological interventions. If so, we aim to determine its implications for research, education, and practice. Furthermore, we intend to discuss solutions to mitigate the problem; in particular, we propose the concept of a common glossary. We invited 23 experts in the field of Internet-delivered interventions to respond to four questions, and employed the Delphi method to facilitate a discussion. We found that experts overwhelmingly agreed that there were terminological challenges, and that it had significant consequences for conducting research, treating patients, educating students, and informing the general public about Internet-delivered interventions. A cautious agreement has been reached that formulating a common glossary would be beneficial for the field to address the terminology issue. We end with recommendations for the possible formats of the glossary and means to disseminate it in a way that maximizes the probability of broad acceptance for a variety of stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aca60c42733b432a899d2bfdcae5cebb2022-12-22T01:47:30ZengElsevierInternet Interventions2214-78292020-09-0121100331Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital componentsEwelina Smoktunowicz0Azy Barak1Gerhard Andersson2Rosa M. Banos3Thomas Berger4Cristina Botella5Blake F. Dear6Tara Donker7David D. Ebert8Heather Hadjistavropoulos9David C. Hodgins10Viktor Kaldo11David C. Mohr12Tine Nordgreen13Mark B. Powers14Heleen Riper15Lee M. Ritterband16Alexander Rozental17Stephen M. Schueller18Nickolai Titov19Cornelia Weise20Per Carlbring21Department of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska 19, 31 03-815 Warsaw, Poland; Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Frescati Hagvag 8, 114 19 Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenUniversidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, SwitzerlandCIBER Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Uiversitat Jaume I, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsFaculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, CanadaUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, SwedenCenter for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USADivision of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, NorwayBaylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USADepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsCenter for Behavioral Health & Technology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USADepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UKDepartment of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USADepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaDepartment of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps–University of Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, Frescati Hagvag 8, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden; Corresponding author at: Department of Psychology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.Since the emergence of psychological interventions delivered via the Internet they have differed in numerous ways. The wealth of formats, methods, and technological solutions has led to increased availability and cost-effectiveness of clinical care, however, it has simultaneously generated a multitude of terms. With this paper, we first aim to establish whether a terminology issue exists in the field of Internet-delivered psychological interventions. If so, we aim to determine its implications for research, education, and practice. Furthermore, we intend to discuss solutions to mitigate the problem; in particular, we propose the concept of a common glossary. We invited 23 experts in the field of Internet-delivered interventions to respond to four questions, and employed the Delphi method to facilitate a discussion. We found that experts overwhelmingly agreed that there were terminological challenges, and that it had significant consequences for conducting research, treating patients, educating students, and informing the general public about Internet-delivered interventions. A cautious agreement has been reached that formulating a common glossary would be beneficial for the field to address the terminology issue. We end with recommendations for the possible formats of the glossary and means to disseminate it in a way that maximizes the probability of broad acceptance for a variety of stakeholders.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782920300130Internet-delivered interventionsDigital healthTerminologyInternetPsychotherapyConsensus statement |
| spellingShingle | Ewelina Smoktunowicz Azy Barak Gerhard Andersson Rosa M. Banos Thomas Berger Cristina Botella Blake F. Dear Tara Donker David D. Ebert Heather Hadjistavropoulos David C. Hodgins Viktor Kaldo David C. Mohr Tine Nordgreen Mark B. Powers Heleen Riper Lee M. Ritterband Alexander Rozental Stephen M. Schueller Nickolai Titov Cornelia Weise Per Carlbring Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components Internet Interventions Internet-delivered interventions Digital health Terminology Internet Psychotherapy Consensus statement |
| title | Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| title_full | Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| title_fullStr | Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| title_short | Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| title_sort | consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components |
| topic | Internet-delivered interventions Digital health Terminology Internet Psychotherapy Consensus statement |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782920300130 |
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