ABSTRACT: College students are particularly susceptible to depression due the various pressures. Therefore, bibliotherapy is one of interventions that can be utilized alleviate this situation. This study aimed determine effectiveness in reducing tendency among students. The participants pre-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design consisted college who experienced and had an intere...

This paper is prepared to examine the leisure reading habits of university students in Malaysia during COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, due pandemic, Malaysian government has imposed a series mandatory lockdown. In higher institutions, classes are carried out using online platforms instead traditional learning classroom since April 2020. Online courses have changed pattern not only but around wor...

ABSTRACT Aim The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy bibliotherapy for sexual dysfunctions, when compared with no treatment and other interventions. Methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO were searched from 1970 January 2020. Selection criteria randomized controlled trials evaluating assisted or unassisted all types dysfunctions (wait list placebo) psychological Bibliotherapy is defin...

The relevance of the research is based on more than a year-long restrictions experienced by people Lithuania and worldwide because COVID-19 pandemic. theoretical part presents concept for bibliotherapic recommendations reading. From an interdisciplinary point view, integrates insights from domains psychology, public health, information communication literary criticism. Individuals experiencing ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the long-term outcome of new technology assisted guided self-help in adolescents with bulimia nervosa (BN). METHOD One hundred and twenty-six patients with BN (29 adolescents and 97 adults) were randomly allocated to a cognitive behavioural therapy-based self-help program delivered by the Internet or bibliotherapy, both accompanied by e-mail guidance. Out...

OBJECTIVE To assess existing, brief nonpharmacologic interventions that are available for primary care physicians with minimal training in psychotherapy to use in managing depression in adult patients. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE was searched from 1996 to 2007, EMBASE was searched from 1980 to 2007, and EBM Reviews was searched from 1999 to 2007. STUDY SELECTION Several randomized controlled trial...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of depression is increasing markedly in Thailand. One way of helping people with depression is to increase their resilience; good resilience is associated with positive outcomes in depression. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a self-help manual on the resilience levels of individuals with depression living in the community in Chiang Mai Pro...