Interapy. Treatment of posttraumatic stress through the Internet: a controlled trial

On-line therapy offers many advantages over face-to-face settings. Interapy includes psycho-education, screening, effect measures and protocol-driven treatment via the Internet for clients. The present paper reports the resul ts of a controlled trial on the Interapy treatment of posttraumatic stress and grief in students, gaining course credits. The participants in the expe rimental condition (n = 13) improved significantly than the participants in the waiting-list control condition (n = 12), on trauma-related symptoms an d general psychopathology. The effect sizes were large. Eighty percent of t he treated participants showed clinically significant improvement after tre atment. The possibilities for future research with Interapy, including stud ies into moderating variables, are discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd . All rights reserved.