The feasibility and effectiveness of Catch It, an innovative CBT smartphone app

Peter Kinderman; Paul Hagan; Sophie King; James Bowman; Jasprit Chahal; Li Gan; Rebecca McKnight; Charlotte Waldon; Matthew Smith; John Gilbertson; Sara Tai

doi:10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002436

The feasibility and effectiveness of Catch It, an innovative CBT smartphone app

Peter Kinderman, Paul Hagan, Sophie King, James Bowman, Jasprit Chahal, Li Gan, Rebecca McKnight, Charlotte Waldon, Matthew Smith, John Gilbertson, Sara Tai

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The widespread use of smartphones makes effective therapies such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) potentially accessible to large numbers of people.

AIMS: This paper reports the usage data of the first trial of Catch It, a new CBT smartphone app.

METHOD: Uptake and usage rates, fidelity of user responses to CBT principles, and impact on reported negative and positive moods were assessed.

RESULTS: A relatively modest proportion of people chose to download the app. Once used, the app tended to be used more than once, and 84% of the user-generated content was consistent with the basic concepts of CBT. There were statistically significant reductions in negative mood intensity and increases in positive mood intensity.

CONCLUSIONS: Smartphone apps have potential beneficial effects in mental health through the application of basic CBT principles. More research with randomised controlled trial designs should be conducted.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.

COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	204-209
Number of pages	6
Journal	BJPsych Open
Volume	2
Issue number	3
Early online date	13 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002436
Publication status	Published - 2016

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