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Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components.
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Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components.

  • Smoktunowicz E Department of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska 19, 31 03-815 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Barak A Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Israel.
  • Andersson G Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
  • Banos RM Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
  • Berger T Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • Botella C CIBER Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
  • Dear BF Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Donker T Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Ebert DD Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Hadjistavropoulos H Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Canada.
  • Hodgins DC University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
  • Kaldo V Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
  • Mohr DC Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Nordgreen T Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
  • Powers MB Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Riper H Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Ritterband LM Center for Behavioral Health & Technology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
  • Rozental A Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Schueller SM Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
  • Titov N Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Weise C Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
  • Carlbring P Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Frescati Hagvag 8, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
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  • 2020-06-25
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  • Internet interventions. - 2020
Consensus statement
Digital health
Internet
Internet-delivered interventions
Psychotherapy
Terminology
English 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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  • English
Open access status
gold
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