You will be asked to fill out seven short questionnaires that will take around 15 minutes to complete. You will then be asked to read a description of the therapy you will be trying before downloading your workbook.
We are interested in what happens to mood over time, as well as the effectiveness of treatments designed you make feel better. Consequently, you may be allocated to a condition where we will ask you to begin the therapy in two weeks. If you are in this group, two weeks after you have completed the initial questionnaires we will contact you via email. The email will allow you to download your workbook and begin the study. If you are in the immediate start group you will be able to download a copy of Improving Moods workbook immediately.
The task in the workbook will take you around 5-10 minutes a day, and we ask that you try the therapy for a period of 14 days. After you have downloaded the workbook you will be emailed every other day and asked how you are you are finding the process. We will ask you some very brief questions, such as how easy you are finding the exercises. After you have replied to the final email you will be given more information about the background of the study.
We are looking at three different forms of therapeutic intervention so please don’t let other people know details of your allocated therapeutic workbook before the end of the study in around 3-4 months time.
Requirements
If you don’t want to start the study today, please wait for a time that is appropriate to begin the Improving Moods study.
If you are allocated to start the self-help therapy immediately, you will be emailed two days after you download your workbook to find out how you are getting on. However, we may ask to start the therapy in two weeks.
The workbooks are around 20 pages long.
You must be over 18 to participate in this study. You are not permitted to take part
in this study if you are currently on medication for a psychological condition. If you select the agree button you are confirming you have read all the information included on the website, are not on medication for a psychological condition and are happy to participate.
All your information and responses to scales will be kept strictly confidential. We will need your email address, however, to be able to contact you to ask how the therapy is going. You will not be asked for your workbook at any point. The exercises are purely self-help, so you will not need to meet the research team. All communications will be made via email. You can withdraw from the study at any point; just send an email saying you want to withdraw.