MoodGYM: Learn cognitive/behaviour therapy skills for preventing & coping w/depression-Free

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome

I read about it here:

http://belleruthnaparstek.com/update-from-belleruth/free-web-based-treatment-for-depression.html

Free, Web-Based Treatment for Depression

One such CBT program, (also developed in Australia), is something called the Mood Gym. It’s a free, modular-based program developed by the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University. It gets high marks and decent respect for being well designed and fairly effective for many with mild or moderate depression, although nobody claims it to be a substitute for medical treatment, or a panacea for severe depression.

Modules explore issues like:

1. why you feel the way you do,
2. changing the way you think,
3. identifying ‘warped’ thoughts,
4. knowing what makes you upset and
5. assertiveness and interpersonal skills training.


There’s a review of it here As you’ll see, it’s geared more for young people (with the examples used, for instance), but anyone can use it, and it’s a good example of cognitive behavioral therapy in action. There’s a fairly extensive questionnaire and some journaling involved, so it does take some time.

So for those of you who want to test out a web-based approach for depression, this is as good a place to start as any.

I just read about it and have yet to try it myself for an extra bit of help along with psychotherapy but certainly will soon :)

[mysticalchick]

1. I signed up ...

... looks like it might be interesting. Thank you for finding and posting it!