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Development of an online intervention for bipolar disorder. www.moodswings.net.au Lauder, Sue, Chester, Andrea, Castle, David, Dodd, Seetal, Berk, Lesley, Klein, Britt, Austin, David, Gilbert, Monica, Chamberlain, James A., Murray, Greg, White, Carolynne, Piterman, Leon and Berk, Michael 2013, Development of an online intervention for bipolar disorder. www.moodswings.net.au, Psychology, health and medicine, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 155-165. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Development of an online intervention for bipolar disorder. www.moodswings.net.au Author(s) Lauder, Sue Chester, Andrea Castle, David Dodd, Seetal Berk, Lesley Klein, Britt Austin, David Gilbert, Monica Chamberlain, James A. Murray, Greg White, Carolynne Piterman, Leon Berk, Michael Journal name Psychology, health and medicine Volume number 18 Issue number 2 Start page 155 End page 165 Total pages 11 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Oxon, England Publication date 2013 ISSN 1354-8506 1465-3966 Keyword(s) bipolar disorder internet self-guided Summary We describe the development process and completed structure, of a self-help online intervention for bipolar disorder, known as MoodSwings (www.moodswings.net.au). The MoodSwings program was adapted as an Internet intervention from an efficacious and validated face-to-face, group-based psychosocial intervention. The adaptation was created by a psychologist, who had previously been involved with the validation of the face-to-face program, in collaboration with website designers. The project was conducted under the supervision of a team of clinician researchers. The website is available at no cost to registered participants. Self-help modules are accessed sequentially. Other features include a mood diary and a moderated discussion board. There has been an average of 1,475,135 hits on the site annually (2008 and 2009), with some 7400 unique visitors each year. A randomised controlled trial based on this program has been completed. Many people with bipolar disorder are accepting of the Internet as a source of treatment and, once engaged, show acceptable retention rates. The Internet appears to be a viable means of delivering psychosocial self-help strategies. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30047129 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Aug 2012, 10:47:07 EST Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 16:17:16 EST Tue, 21 Aug 2012, 16:19:22 EST Thu, 06 Dec 2012, 15:20:37 EST Thu, 11 Apr 2013, 14:48:25 EST Thu, 11 Apr 2013, 14:49:40 EST Mon, 29 Apr 2013, 15:07:23 EST Fri, 10 May 2013, 15:00:33 EST Mon, 16 Dec 2013, 15:47:02 EST Wed, 05 Feb 2014, 11:33:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 148 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 Aug 2012, 10:46:49 EST by Jane Moschetti

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