Elsevier Launches Open Access Journal: Internet Interventions

Elsevier Launches Open Access Journal:Elsevier Launches Open Access Journal: Internet Interventions PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, March 19, 2014 New OA journal Internet Interventions publishes research on the application of information Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of the Open Access, online-only journal Internet Interventions. The journal is published in affiliation with the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) and the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII). The internet is increasingly used for delivering interventions aimed at improving mental and physical health. Internet interventions - often self- guided or partly self-guided - have in the past proven effective in treating a number of psychiatric conditions, including among others: depression, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, insomnia, as well as more general medical conditions, such as headache, back pain, tinnitus and smoking cessation. Today's increased focus on internet interventions can be explained by its global applicability, and cost efficiency. Technological advances allow for novel intervention components, such as user-friendly visual screening instruments, video-based exposure therapy, interactive role-playing, automated reasoning models, all lowering the help-seeking threshold.