Efficacy of Edupression.Com® in Depressive Patients

"Edupression.com® is an evidence-based self-help program that was developed for the treatment of mild to moderate unipolar depression. It is based on two core foundations, psychoeducation with elements of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and a mood chart. Both foundations are registered as a medical product. As such, detailed risk management documentation includes probability and severity of adverse events. Moreover, detailed strategies such as warnings were implemented in the software and documented accordingly.~It can be used on a PC as well as on mobile devices (browser, App) at any time."

Interventions that do not directly target depression: general health tips (diet, lifestyle, smoking, etc.), occupational health interventions (back pain prevention, breaks,...), etc.

Quizzes and surveys for course monitoring (including suicidality), but without extensive reports.

Popular psychological interventions, which have not been shown to be effective in studies: Affirmation phrases, motivational sayings and quotes (known also from calendars), tests (e.g., Rorschach interpretation), exercises (emotion recognition of faces), multimedia content (pleasant music, landscape images, interviews of famous people with depression), etc.