Discussion 4

literature review………, discuss with your classmates what inclusion and exclusion criteria you are beginning to form based on your article search so far (e. g., narrowing down your population, predictors, and outcomes), and your reading (have you come across any themes or patterns of results yet?). Share some of your outline and what you see as the main points of your paper at this point. Please read and respond to those doing empirical studies, as you have been reading a lot of these and may be helpful in your suggestions or critiques. There is no results section in a review, necessarily. Instead, the bulk of your paper, after your introduction, will be a narrative description of your box score, or your overall findings.

Part 1

I did an online search in the library for the six articles I retrieved to use later in my research. In my research, I began by setting the journal search parameters. I first set the language to “English” only because it is the official language I could better understand. The library was set to “Saint Leo University Cannon Memorial Library” because I wanted to use only journals available at the school’s library. I included all article formats, only set the content type to “peer-reviewed,” and set the year of publication to be between “2019 to 2024” since I need to argue with the most recent facts and ideas. I set the search terms to “Online therapy on mental health,” which displayed a result of 2300 articles, but I only managed to get the three best-matching articles. I later set the search term to “Online therapy mental health,” which displayed a total of 1800 articles, and I managed to get three of the best articles that fit my study topic.

References

Khan, S., Shapka, J. D., & Domene, J. F. (2021). Counsellors’ experiences of online therapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1885009

Kotera, Y., Richardson, M., & Sheffield, D. (2020). Effects of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Nature Therapy on Mental Health: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00363-4

Sander, J., Bolinski, F., Diekmann, S., Gaebel, W., Günther, K., Hauth, I., Heinz, A., Kleiboer, A., Riper, H., Trost, N., Vlijter, O., Zielasek, J., & Gerlinger, G. (2021). Online therapy: an added value for inpatient routine care? Perspectives from mental health care professionals. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 272(1), 107–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01251-1

Sockalingam, S., Leung, S. E., Ma, C., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Dash, S., Jackson, T., & Cassin, S. E. (2022). The impact of telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy on mental health distress and disordered eating among bariatric surgery patients during COVID-19: Preliminary results from a multisite randomized controlled trial. Obesity Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-05981-6

Westerhof, G. J., Lamers, S. M. A., Postel, M. G., & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2019). Online Therapy for Depressive Symptoms: An Evaluation of Counselor-Led and Peer-Supported Life Review Therapy. The Gerontologist, 59(1), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx140

Xie, M., Wang, C., Li, Z., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., & Hu, R. (2023). Effects of remote dignity therapy on mental health among patients with hematologic neoplasms and their significant others: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 104668–104668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104668

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Box Score

Researchers	Subjects	Method/Independent Variables	Dependent Variables	Outcomes
Khan, S., Shapka, J. D., & Domene, J. F. (2021)	Counsellors	Online therapy experiences	Personal Experiences	Varied experiences, not specified
Kotera, Y., Richardson, M., & Sheffield, D. (2020)	General population	Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Nature Therapy	Mental Health	Positive effects on mental health
Sander, J., Bolinski, F., Diekmann, S., Gaebel, W., Günther, K., Hauth, I., Heinz, A., Kleiboer, A., Riper, H., Trost, N., Vlijter, O., Zielasek, J., & Gerlinger, G. (2021)	Mental health care professionals	Online therapy as added value in inpatient routine care	An added value for inpatient routine care	Positive perspectives on online therapy
Sockalingam, S., Leung, S. E., Ma, C., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Dash, S., Jackson, T., & Cassin, S. E. (2022)	Bariatric surgery patients	Telephone-based cognitive-behavioral therapy	Mental health distress and disordered eating	Preliminary positive results in reducing distress and disordered eating
Westerhof, G. J., Lamers, S. M. A., Postel, M. G., & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2019)	Older adults	Online therapy for depressive symptoms (Life Review Therapy)	Depressive symptoms	Positive effects on depressive symptoms, both counselor-led and peer-supported
Xie, M., Wang, C., Li, Z., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., & Hu, R. (2023)	Patients with hematologic neoplasms and their significant others	Remote dignity therapy	Mental health	Positive effects on mental health in patients and significant others

References

Khan, S., Shapka, J. D., & Domene, J. F. (2021). Counsellors’ experiences of online therapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1885009

Kotera, Y., Richardson, M., & Sheffield, D. (2020). Effects of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Nature Therapy on Mental Health: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00363-4

Sander, J., Bolinski, F., Diekmann, S., Gaebel, W., Günther, K., Hauth, I., Heinz, A., Kleiboer, A., Riper, H., Trost, N., Vlijter, O., Zielasek, J., & Gerlinger, G. (2021). Online therapy: an added value for inpatient routine care? Perspectives from mental health care professionals. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 272(1), 107–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01251-1

Sockalingam, S., Leung, S. E., Ma, C., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Dash, S., Jackson, T., & Cassin, S. E. (2022). The impact of telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy on mental health distress and disordered eating among bariatric surgery patients during COVID-19: Preliminary results from a multisite randomized controlled trial. Obesity Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-05981-6

Westerhof, G. J., Lamers, S. M. A., Postel, M. G., & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2019). Online Therapy for Depressive Symptoms: An Evaluation of Counselor-Led and Peer-Supported Life Review Therapy. The Gerontologist, 59(1), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx140

Xie, M., Wang, C., Li, Z., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., & Hu, R. (2023). Effects of remote dignity therapy on mental health among patients with hematologic neoplasms and their significant others: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 104668–104668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104668