The effectivenessof the Internet 'Self-Examination Therapy (SET)'on anxiety, depression and burn-out: a randomised trial.

In this trial the effectiveness of the Internet 'Self-help course' for depression, anxiety and burn-out will be tested.

The Internet 'Self-Examination Therapy' (SET) on anxiety, depression and burn-out wil be effective in reduction of complaints (depression, anxiety, burn-out).

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Originally SET was developed as a self-help book which effectiveness has been demonstrated. We developed a Dutch version of SET which can be administered through the Internet. The course takes 4 weeks and about half an hour each day. E-mail contact takes place to assist the participants in accomplishing the course. It is a generic method and it encourages the participants to:

a. determine what matters to them;

b. think less negatively about things that do not matter to them;

c. invest their energy in things that are important to them;

d. accept situations they cannot change.

The intervention will be compared to a waiting list control group.