Good Days Ahead: The Interactive Program for Depression and Anxiety

After reading self-help books based on cognitive therapy I decided to apply my new skills. Instead of doing exercises on paper I wanted to have them organized and easily accessible on my computer so I was looking for a computer program to help me. Good Days Ahead has helped me with that and much more - it helped me recognize my automatic thoughts and track my depression and anxiety level. After several weeks the program has shown that my mood improved and I was able to feel it too! Despite minor technical shortcomings multimedia features of this program make using it fun and easy.Peter TollGood Days Ahead is the first computer program to combine...

Computer-assisted psychotherapy (CAT) for depression

IntroductionComputer-assisted psychotherapy (CAT) for depression is developing rapidly. Several existing software programs can carry out many of the therapeutic tasks involved in depression treatment. Such programs help users to detail their problems, draw up a day-to-day treatment plan specific to their needs, rate their progress, practice coping with setbacks and do relapse prevention.  1The prospect of using computers to deliver psychotherapy has been intriguing a number of investigators who have been studying innovative methods of bringing technology into clinical practice. The most dramatic form of CAT is virtual reality exposure therapy...