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It is with great sadness that the family of Ruth WIlson Sellers announces her passing on October 24, 2012. She was born in Joplin, MO on October 7, 1923, to Nettie Bruce and Fred LeRoy WIlson. Ruth grew up in Parsons, Kansas and attended Kansas State University, majoring in homemaking. She was a skilled seamstress and won a magazine contest to have one of her designs reproduced for Saks Fifth Avenue, although they made it in a color she did not approve of. Ruth was also an excellent dancer, and was often chosen as a partner not only because of her skills, but also for her small stature, which allowed her partners to swing her between their legs and over their head while dancing the jitterbug. She recounted how one night, she and her brother Curtis broke into their piggy bank in order to obtain enough money to go to Kansas City to hear a big band perform. Ruth met Ernest E. Sellers at Kansas State. They moved to Michigan when Ernest took a job at the University of Michigan as a research engineer. Another of Ruth's passions was golf. She took great pleasure in playing at the U of M Golf Course and held every office at the Ann Arbor Women's Golf Association at one point or another. Her sewing skills shone again, as she was known for making one-of-a-kind colorful golf skirts. Ruth was devoted to her children. She made home coming dance dresses and prom gowns for her daughters every year they attended high school. She rarely missed one of her son's basketball games, becoming a familiar face at the gym. Ruth laughed easily, joked a lot, and opened her house and her heart to her children's friends, many of whom still recall the hours they spent at that home. Ruth is preceded in death by her husband Ernest Sellers, as well as her brother Curtis Wilson and her daughter Susan Andersen. She leaves behind three children: Sheri Hellman of Bedford, NY, (Ron); Sally Sellers of Vancouver, WA, (Michael Subocz); and Ernest Sellers Jr. of Monroe, MI. (Lisa). Also mourning their wonderful "Nana" are seven grandchildren: Michelle Cohen (Adam), Jeffrey Hellman (Nid), Emily Sellers Rogalette (Casey), Katy and Alice Sellers-Subocz, and Halley and Evan Sellers. Her first great-grandchild, Jack Cohen, was born September 12, 2012. The family requests that any memorial donations may be made in honor of Ruth Sellers to Evangelical Homes of Michigan, who cared for her lovingly until her death. Their address is 440 West Russell St., Saline MI 48176. Please visit Ruth's personal webpage at
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Bride Texting Down The Aisle, Hold the phone, here comes the bride, text messages her way down the hall. All eyes are on the bride as she walks down the aisle. And all eyes were watching a girlfriend began sending text messages during the ceremony.
Standing alongside her father as head of the preacher, the bride suddenly puts her hand over her dress and pulls out her cell phone. In the background you hear the preacher talk about the sanctity of marriage and the love of God, but the bride could care less. Instead he is furious text messages.
After the long text, what was updating her Facebook status also puts the phone back on the front of her dress. Meanwhile, her father is more than a little embarrassed, disgusted look.
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There are not many "giants" among the Italian companies that make internal combustion engines for the vehicle, industrial, agricultural, construction and power generation industries, as well as for marine applications. There are few large enterprises and many small-to-medium ones, but their range is very wide, with today's producers able to provide engines from 3 to more than 22,000 kw. "The division," explains Gelsomino Sirabella, president of the Italmot trade association , "is made up of small-to-medium size firms, with the exception of Wartsila, the only player that makes engines of a certain dimension." Right behind them are some medium-size players, such as Iveco-Aifo, who have now merged with a company of the Fiat Group that combines all their activities for the production of power units, Isotta Fraschini and Lombardini. "Some of them," explains Sirabella "also produce engines for the automotive sector, but for uses in applications for agricultural machinery."
Some producers are also able, with their "nauticalised" products, to motorise pleasure craft, as well as vessels for specific uses of the Finance Police, Coast Guards and other armed forces. The largest companies operate particularly in the large shipbuilding markets (up to six large-dimension engines can be installed on cruise liners) and in that of power generation plants. This is a supply area that suits the characteristics of the Italian selection, which is recognised as one of the leading global industries in the highest power ranges. "If it is true," continues Sirabella, "that many players cover the range from 0.5kw to 1 mw, in the higher power ranges the Italians are among the leaders in marine application products. Here we are talking of 4-stroke engines, which require sophisticated technology. And even if there is a noticeable continual pressure by non-European producers to gain knowledge in this field, the know-how is still under European control." There are a large number of applications: cruise liners, ferries, off-shore structures for various types of extraction, small merchant ships, military ships, and also special ships (ice breakers, tugs, and ships for ocean research).
At the end of 2008, the preliminary turnover for the division was around over 1,300 million Euros, with an estimated export quota of around 50%. The Italians do business in every part of the world, particularly in the American continent, the Far East, and Europe (especially the north of Europe), but also in parts of India, the Middle East and Africa. Over the decades, Made in Italy has established a solid reputation in the sector. This is due, in part, to the fact that the Italian internal combustion engine industry goes back to the very start of world motoring history.
Fundamentally, it was the role played by Italian companies in the evolution of the product that has allowed them to make valid contributions to its continual improvement. This has often proved decisive for the development of productions at the global level, and for the development of products for 'special' solutions.
We could mention, for example, some power generating systems for "green" power stations that burn combustible oils of vegetable extraction. Also, in the naval sector, Italian engines are considered a must and are often chosen by the major Italian and international ship owners.
Basically, this division is concerned with everything involving propulsion systems. 'ÄúItalian companies are able to make huge engines, up to 15 metres in length and 8-10 metres high," explains Sirabella. In its factory in Trieste, for example, Wartsila Italia produces engines from ½ to 22 mw of power, whose main applications are in the marine and industrial sectors. The case of Wartsila Italia shows how, even in the presence of a foreign buy-out, Made in Italy know-how does not go to loss. The current company, which is controlled by the Finnish group Wartsila, was born between the 1960'Äôs and 1970'Äôs through the merger between the largest Italian realities producing diesel engines at that time. "We are talking,'Äù Sirabella explains, 'Äúof brands like Fiat, Andaldo and the 'ÄúCantieri Riuniti dell'ÄôAdriatico'Äù. The company, established in Trieste in 1972, was renamed Grandi Motori Trieste.'Äù At the beginning, it produced large diesel engines under the Fiat trademark. It then became a division of the Fincantieri group, which, in 2007, conceded its engine production to Wartsila. 'ÄúBut still today the connections acquired over decades of planning in Grandi Motori Trieste have remained Italian and a close collaboration continues between the Italian technical offices and those in Finland,'Äù Sirabella stresses, adding, 'Äúin our company, the management is Italian, and so are the personnel.'Äù
That particular know-how that Sirabella refers to is the result of decades of experience, in which engines that ran on various fuels were developed in Italy, with the goal of increasing power, reducing consumption and creating cleaner solutions. But there was another skill that was traditionally associated with Italy: excellence in military supplies. "For a long period," continues Sirabella, "Trieste was a centre of excellence for navies, both Italian and foreign. Engines made in Trieste were fitted on ships of the Italian, the Venezuelan, the British and the Australian navies, to name only a few examples."
There is no other place with such a concentration of internal combustion engine producers. The former Iveco has factories with the Fiat group in various parts of Italy, Isotta Fraschini is in Puglia, Lombardini and VM in Emilia-Romagna, and there are other companies of smaller dimensions in the Rome area. There are also other small and very small producers and distributors all over Italy, who are able to enhance standard products with emergency generators.
As for the distribution channels, the big companies use their own networks, which consist of sales offices in Italy and in the main world markets. The small and medium enterprises tend, however, to rely on distributors, dealers and/or agents. Trade fairs in the sector are very important, but they catalyse different interests: the smaller producers look particularly at national events, because their main market is the domestic one. The larger groups, however, try never to miss the large international fairs, especially those devoted to the marine sector and energy technologies.


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British race car driver Lewis Hamilton has been bombarding ex-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger with love notes in a bid to win her back and prove how much she means to him.
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Thursday morning I was sitting in Coffea when Kappa, the owner of Slim Goodies came in and announced that there'd been a murder in the neighborhood. A woman was killed and her husband injured. I went online and read that their two year old had been found cradled in the injured father's bloody arms. People gathered around the computer in disbelief. Gwen gave me my to go order on a real plate for me to take home, and when I came back with the plate an hour later, she was closing the shop. The woman who lost her life was Helen Hill. A few days earlier I'd shared the couch at Coffea with her husband and son, who wore bells on his shoes so his would know if he started toddling away.
I got on the neighborhood forum and asked "Is anyone planning a march to city hall?" No one was, but quickly responded that they would be there if there was one. I drove to Sound Cafe, because I knew that they were close with the Hot Eight Brass Band, who lost their drummer the previous Thursday. He, too, was shot and killed in front of his children. Baty Landis, the owner of the cafe, was talking with a few people when I walked in, and I knew that they could only be talking about one thing.
"We need to do something," I said. "But I don't know how."
None of us knew how, really, although we all have some experience doing things like this. And within twelve hours we were being interviewed by journalists and getting a surprise visit from the mayor's office wanting to know what role he might play in our plans.
This morning, the mayor and police chief finally had something to say about the insane crime wave that has overtaken the city. But they need to do more than say that they are talking about ways to address the situation. They need to actually address it. They need to respond to each event. They need to support the police and allow them to do their jobs. They need to acknowledge that they need more help. They need to fund the criminal justice system, which doesn't have the money to prosecute anyone. And they need to find something for people to do in the city if they are not here to work or attend school.
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There is something to be said about having the best relationship ever with the most important person in the world: you. You are your own cheerleader, best friend, and worst enemy. You are there for yourself through everything in life.
Spending so much time with this special person lends a very extraordinary relationship where you end up knowing the most about yourself, even if you don't realize that you know it. Case in point: as I reflected on the causes and/or triggers for my anxiety, I learned a lot about myself that was already there, waiting for me to discover. I learned I had an emotional dependence on alcohol, that social situations aren't as bad I as made them out to be, and that loving my flawed anxious self will help to make my anxiety manageable.
Self-reflection and cognitive therapy also helped me also to realize that I'm pretty great. I'm funny, a good listener, a go-getter, and I have a tremendous amount of confidence. Who knew? Anxiety and various other traumas in my life had left me enclosed in a shell. Once I broke free from that shell and got to know myself, I found the world to be a better place and not the scary thing I had made it out to be.
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Gorgeous right? Sometimes I forget that I live in paradise. People dream of living near the beach and I simply forget that I do! It takes so much effort to pack up the kids AND a picnic to take to the beach, but every time I do it I walk away knowing it was worth it. My husband has been working long hours, 6 days a week for a few months now. The lack of family time is killing me! I decided I'd take matters into my own hands and steal my husband away from work at 5:30 and whisk him off for an evening at the beach. He loves figs. That is how I lured him in. I'm on a wrap binge lately so I thought of a quick way to incorporate figs into a wrap. It was simple really. I had some brie I needed to use so I threw that in there with some sliced ham, spinach, and a balsamic-onion reduction. If you don't want to fork out the bucks for brie, you could always substitute cream cheese. It tasted great out there on the beach, watching the waves roll in. I even conquered my admittedly ridiculous fear of sharks and did some boogie boarding with my 4 year old. Have you ever seen a 4 year old boogie board? It's awesome. He rides those waves with no fears. Yes, the waves crash over him, and yes he takes tumbles, but he gets back up every single time with a smile on his face. Despite his fearless nature when it comes to all things ocean, he was still too afraid to try a fig. Plain ham and cheese wrap for him!
1 tsp olive oil
1 onion, diced
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
4 extra large burrito style tortillas
4 oz brie
8 slices ham
4 figs, sliced
4 cups spinach leaves
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2. Compile the wraps by spreading brie over each tortilla. Top each with 2 slices of ham, sliced figs, 1 cup spinach leaves, and a heaping helping of the onion/balsamic reduction. Roll and serve.


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Mutt (v2) - also commonly known as Slaughter's Marauders Mutt - was released carded as part of the eighth series (1989). He was also sold in 1990 and was discontinued domestically in 1991.
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This is a great idea.
@Sirrian I always appreciate that you directly engage the dissent in an honest manner rather than tried-and-true game dev tactics such as pussy-footing around it or having a public meltdown!
I remain optimistic that Guild Wars will be a fun addition to the formula and I can't (well, I can) wait to see how things play out!
1- Stating the obvious is really that important to your ego? They, the devs, might as well do it because PVP is not even close to be a competition that could bear some impact on gameplay since it became a "friendly cesspoll where evebody wins something even when they are losing", and that opened the doors for a much more serious exploit as of late…
2- It's not the same, the number of battles is set. The results of these battles can be slightly skewed towards people who have more status by either being long time veterans + guild bonuses + Sentinels… But as the cost for the last levels of bonus is very prohibitive can you figure the math that USUALLY the bonuses from the Sentinels will not be something ever present? Now, if the Sentinels could be upgraded with GOLD ONLY as some people certainly desire, then it certainly would be a constant, and lame i must add, part of this new feature gameplay. Now your right conclusion about:
Yes, some people have no morals and will even spin excuses such as "They never stated it was against the rules." to protect their wicked interests… I'm as much outraged, or even more, than you over it, but that's not the place to express it or "try to sabbotage" the GW because they haven't, yet, said something about what they are doing over it. They probably can't share every detail with us so far because… how do i put it?.. Ah, they want to get people "Red Handed".
3- They didn't asked for it, in fact, maybe they won't get a single penny from the players. But they surely should try because the game is a business…
I can only imagine Sirrian unconsolated in his office, his crying being cut by heavy hiccups while Ninhaim is outside asking if everything is okay… Ok, i must apologize beforehand, just in case, and i can understand your passion.
But sometimes delving very far into it is not exactly helpful. I know that you, me and others would like instant solutions to be applied to every problem we find in the game, but on the other hand the game needs to keep it's flow of new features at a reasonable speed to keep things fresh and attractive, so we must bear with it. And i'm honestly inclined to believe that the devs are working on the exploits as it does undermines the profitable chances the game has, but as i said they are not discussing it with us because they certainly have reasons.
I could see it as some criteria to avoid draws for a given place. Let's say that Guild X and Y ends up with the same number of points for the 1st Place, if they don't change the code of how the points per battle works, because it would be easier to add lines of code to calculate tie breakers i think.
I'm not confused, I got it straigth, but I kinda feel like this system is... Not good, I'll say it bluntly : I hate it.
I understand the point of this system : making the strongest guild members even harder to defeat for ennemies.However, because of the resources it costs, only the strongest guild members will be able to afford it in the first place (that's for the "not a good system in my opinion").
As for the reason why I hate it? People will over spend (they can't afford it, but they will), and others will retaliate by over spending. End result : people will get less (from investing resources in temporary stuff) to get nothing more (as ennemies will also spend).
Appart from the magic bonus (since I'm soul capped), I'll 100% boycott this system.
Stating the obvious? You do realize there's another answer to the question, right? Namely that they know it's going on and they simply DO NOT CARE. Until they come out and say explicitly that they can't do anything about it, that other possibility still exists, whether or not you want to admit it.
Here's my concern, people are comparing it to the pvp we have now and rightfully so. The pvp board we have now only serves for one purpose, competition. Which means only the most competitive need apply. Now there's nothing wrong with that, competition is good. What this does though is alienate anyone else that plays, which is why we have so many people that don't value pvp.
Referring to as I said before, data shows people spend a lot of hours in pvp but that doesn't mean people enjoy it. They're forced into it. (non-competitive people) So pvp is already an alienated space, and now GW risks doing the same. If you aren't highly competitive, you need not apply.
So what i'm getting at is we already have 1 area of the game for that, why do we need 2? IF this is the route to take, then a lot of people are going to be disappointed because GW does absolutely nothing for them game-play wise. It's just another area of the game that they don't really care for and barely participate in.
Where I disagree with others at is the rewards needing to be better as far as pvp goes. I was lucky enough to place 8th on the leader-board this week.(not bragging, for reference) I had to spend countless hours and 2800 trophies. That was for nothing other than literally bragging rights. Imagine if the rewards were better? You would have to do so much more than that even. So I don't exactly see that as a fix either.
I think it's just a targeting issue. The route it seems you are on is targeting the wrong players. Now I personally could still be fine with this if there are other promised events planned later on for guilds to participate in. I knew GW was about competition, but I don't think anyone saw it being this competitive.
I completely understand you all having to make money, so that's a separate issue. But I just don't see the reason to take all this time in making something that is once again only going to appeal to a small amount of the player-base.
These are just my opinions, and i'm putting it out there on the interwebz. With all this being said, i'm not going to "cause a stir" because at the end of the day I don't have to participate. If that is the case cool, but I was hoping GW would be some new exciting addition. To be fair so that this isn't a one-sided street, this could be the cool new addition to those competitive players. I'm happy for that, but again I don't think they represent a big enough portion of the player-base.
I think there are a lot of semi-casual/casual guilds out there missing something new and exciting to do and break up the monotony of pvp.
Sirrian cared so little that he deleted an entire thread during his, short-lived, vacation...
Except haven't they already said you can only do a total of 30 battles/week and you get rewards after every battle? That seems like it takes no more time than the game currently does unless you're doing 0 PvP battles/week. In which case, this system isn't really for you to begin with.
You're speaking about the defense glitch exploit.
How about addressing the account sharing that is DOMINATING the PVP leaderboards for almost a YEAR with absolutely zero from the devs?
Yeah sorry I referred to time and that isn't the case here.
But I was also speaking to both PVP and GW together.
They can't solve it because there is nothing stopping people from letting others play into their devices using the same accont...
Well, they could make the game work only with facial recognition from the frontal camera of the phone or web-cams for computers/consoles, but i'm sure it's not a viable project for a F2P Match-3 game...
Aside from that do you have any solution?
This whole conversation is hilarious.
Oh my god I can't stop laughing.... because then I may start crying.
This is going to be even more of a letdown for me than I anticipated. I can't even form the proper words to explain how messed up this system is other than to say I agree with @ogunther 100%
All in one tier? So that means literally the top 10 guilds are the only ones who will even break even with the sentinel bonuses. Anything lower and it will be a loss. You've designed a whole brand new feature.... for 10 guilds.... and really anything lower won't stand a chance in heck at winning.
I would rather have it with multiple tiers to promote actual competition between different tiers of guilds. That way there's actually a shot of normal guilds that aren't on steroids to win. Designing a whole feature centering around guild competition for only the top guilds is so pointless... oh my gosh this has made me so upset I need to go do something, anything, else.
Horrible direction. That's all I can really say.
It could use the Guild League tiers, such as our guild is "Grandmaster I" we would face other guilds of the same league, but one issue that could be exploited on this case would be guilds not collecting/gaining trophies in order to keep themselves at lower leagues in order to plunder the top 10 rewards of the said league.
I agree that no one could contribute meaningfully to it while on such state, take some time, recollect your thoughts and come back later. Remember wich kind of developers we have. I'll help you on that:
This is a preview, nothing is entirely final and everyone can surely make their colaboration IF they don't come already in berserker mode...
Am i'm still being overly dramatic/crazy @ogunther ? People are, in certain degrees, acting just as i judged they were.
Here's a thought: Since the original Puzzle Quest celebrated it's 10th anniversary last week, why don't we make the competition more about playing the puzzle game and less about who can buy how much in stat bonuses??
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I agree. How do you prove that an account was shared? Someone posting here might count as "proof," but how many people will that catch? One or two, at most, and as soon as word gets around that it's bannable to admit it, nobody will admit it anymore.
You can say you can monitor gameplay patterns, but how many hours should be deemed "max acceptable" before action should be taken? 21 hours a day? Some people subsist on 3 hours of sleep a night. Do you want to be in charge of defining a limit after which an account should be flagged for ban? Or maybe the devs should put in an auto-logout timer and an enforced curfew.
This sort of issue is rarely black and white. In most cases, companies will say that sharing your account is against the Terms of Service just so they don't have to deal with any complications that arise (someone logging in and disenchanting all your troops, or spending all your gems, or changing your password, etc). Detection is mostly impossible, and would require a lot of dev time and resources.
How about they just come out and at least acknowledging that it's happening, for starters?
But people are surely entitled to waste every oportunity they have to contribute with meaningful suggestions in order to keep moaning over issues that couldn't be solved by Ancient Titans of the game's industry, but that must be solved tomorrow by this particular company responsible for this "rollercoaster of emotions" wich is GoW.
@Eika, you might want to add Aku as a solid meme material in your folders... There is literally any possible smug/rage/shocked/confused/sad/happy face that you might need.
You're just as guilty, responding to every criticism, real or perceived, with your fanboy bullshit.
Get over yourself.
If it's hard to detect how could they? Why would they take the risk to accuse people, when they could be wrong? It's extremely hard to detect.
It's not something you can prove by time played.


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There was no surprise about the attack. There was no 'failure of intel.' The attack was predicted in precise detail a month before it occurred. The draw down of security had to be intentional.
CIA Sources: Obama ordered military not to help Ambassador Stevens
The failure to approve a rescue had to be intentional.
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Keeping the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) in the dark about the attack had to be intentional.
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Coming with a late burst of speed on the far side, Sole Power closed to his second straight win in the $637,500 King's Stand Stakes (Eng-I) June 17 at Royal Ascot. The 7-year-old British-bred son of Kyllachy won last year's King's Stand and was third in the race in 2012.
Sole Power covered the five-furlong trip over a straight course listed as "good" in :58.85 and motored past Stepper Point to win by 1 1/4 lengths. Stepper Point, sent off at 50-1, edged 3-1 favorite Hot Streak by a neck. It was another neck back to Medicean Man in fourth. Sixteen went postward.
Sole Power was ridden by Richard Hughes who scored his second major win on the day, having taken the Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I) aboard Toronado in the race before the King's Stand.
The winner, owned by Mrs. S. Power, is trained by Edward Lynam.
A 5-1 shot in England, in U.S. pools Sole Power paid $13.80 to win and $4.60 to place-show. Stepper Point paid $24.20 to place-show, and third-place finisher Medicean Man paid $3.40. The $1 9-10 exacta returned $306.80.
Sole Power, out of the Distant View mare Demerger, was making his 41st start. He now has nine wins (six stakes wins), seven seconds, and six thirds while racing in Europe, Dubai, and Hong Kong. He was second last year the Longines Hong Kong Sprint (HK-I).
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Declaration of interest
Depression is a highly prevalent disorder, causing a large burden of disease and substantial economic costs. Web-based self-help interventions seem promising in promoting mental health.
To compare the efficacy of a guided web-based intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with an active control (expressive writing) and a waiting-list control condition (Netherlands Trial Register NTR1296).
Adults with depressive symptoms from the general population were randomised to ACT (n = 82), expressive writing (n = 67) or waiting-list control (n = 87). The main outcome was reduction in depressive symptoms assessed with the Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression scale.
Significant reductions in depressive symptoms were found following the ACT intervention, compared with the control group (Cohen's d = 0.56) and the expressive writing intervention (d = 0.36). The effects were sustained at 6-month and 12-month follow-up.
Acceptance and commitment therapy as a web-based public mental health intervention for adults with depressive symptoms can be effective and applicable.
Depression is a highly prevalent disorder with a large impact on quality of life and high economic costs.1 The 12-month prevalence of a depressive disorder in The Netherlands is estimated at 5.6% for ages 18–64 years.2 The most important risk factor for developing major depressive disorder is the presence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms.3 Public mental health interventions targeting people with such symptoms are a promising strategy to reduce the prevalence of depression. These interventions can be successful,1 but recruitment is a challenge.4 Web-based interventions provide an opportunity to overcome this challenge by tackling the reasons for low participation rates, such as stigma associated with mental disorders or restrictions in time.4,5 Meta-analyses have shown that web-based interventions based on cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective for the prevention of full-blown depression.6,7 One specific CBT intervention is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT);8 this is an evidence-based treatment that focuses on promoting psychological flexibility, defined as the ability to act effectively in accordance with personal values even in the presence of life adversities.9 Despite the efficacy of ACT in various self-help formats,10 its efficacy as a web-based self-help intervention for adults with depressive symptoms or mild depressive disorder has not been studied. Our aim was to examine the effects of such an intervention in a large randomised controlled trial. This is the first study to compare this therapy not only with a waiting-list control but also with an active control condition based on expressive writing,11 and to evaluate its outcomes up to a year later.
The study was approved by an independent medical ethics committee for research in mental health settings in The Netherlands (METiGG; NL33619.097.100) and recorded in The Netherlands Trial Register (NTR1296). It is a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with three arms: the ACT intervention, an active control condition (expressive writing) and a waiting-list control condition. Based on previous results randomisation was stratified according to gender, education (low v. middle–high) and age (≤50 v. ≤50 years),12,13 using a computer-generated list that was concealed from the investigators. A sample size of 50 participants per condition was needed to detect an effect size of 0.40 (Cohen's d) for the primary outcome,12,13 with a statistical power of (1−β) = 0.80 in a two-tailed test (P<0.05). Taking into account a drop-out rate of 40% (for web-based interventions),14 235 people were needed for randomisation. At 6 months after baseline those in the waiting-list control group received either the ACT intervention or the expressive writing intervention, which were offered as a choice. The assessment points were at baseline (T0), post-treatment 3 months after baseline (T1) and at 6 months (T2) and 12 months (T3) after baseline. Only participants in the intervention conditions received a follow-up measurement at T3, since the waiting-list group received their intervention after T2 and were excluded from later analyses.
Participants and procedure
Participants were recruited in January and February 2011 through advertisements in Dutch national newspapers and on the internet, asking for participation in research on coping with negative emotions through the use of a free web-based intervention. A webpage created for the purpose of this study included an outline of the study design and an option to register for participation in the trial. Within the webpage candidates filled out a secured computerised informed consent form. After informed consent had been received, initial screening was conducted online for checking the inclusion and exclusion criteria by use of a self-report questionnaire in a fully automated computerised assessment battery. Individuals were invited to participate if they met the following inclusion criteria: an age of 18 years or older with mild to moderate depressive symptoms, defined as a score above 10 on the Dutch version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression (CES-D) scale,12 and completion of the baseline measurement (T0). Applicants were excluded if they reported few depressive symptoms (≤10 on the CES-D), had received psychological or psychopharmacological treatment for a mental complaint within the past 3 months, had reading or writing problems due to insufficient Dutch language skills or were unable to invest approximately 30 min per day up to 3 h per week in the intervention and daily practice. Furthermore, applicants were excluded if diagnosed with a current severe mental disorder or had a moderate to high suicide risk according to the Dutch version of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS).15–17 These individuals were excluded because they would require more intensive treatment, and were advised to consult their general practitioner. After passing the initial screening procedure all participants were contacted by telephone for a semi-structured interview using the MINI and the SDS. Together with the initial screening this constituted the baseline assessment. Five Master's degree students in psychology conducted the telephone interviews. They attended a 1-day workshop and were supervised during the assessments by a licensed clinical psychologist (W.T.M.P.). Decisions on participation in the study, based on the initial screening and the interview, were provided to the candidates at the end of the clinical interview with further information on participation or, when excluded, information on how to obtain adequate care. All approved participants received an email with instructions on how and when to log into the system.
All clinical interviewers were masked to the randomised condition. Participants were randomised after the clinical interview, and at T2 the contact information needed for the clinical interview was held separately from the results of the randomisation procedure. Additionally, all interviewers were instructed to state explicitly at the start of the interview that they were unaware of which condition the participants were randomised to and that this masking was needed to ensure the interview was conducted in a non-biased manner.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
The web-based ACT intervention was based on a self-help intervention, 'Living to the Full'.18 This has shown to be effective in promoting psychological flexibility, both as a group course and as a self-help intervention with email support.12,13 People who are psychologically flexible also score highly on acceptance, which is seen as a more effective strategy for regulating negative emotions and thoughts than experiential avoidance, i.e. persistent and generally fruitless attempts to avoid unwanted private experiences such as feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations.19,20 The web-based intervention comprised nine online modules, divided into three parts. The modules were based on six core processes of ACT that together promote psychological flexibility. These core processes are acceptance (active and aware embracing of aversive internal experiences); cognitive defusion (creating a context in which undesirable functions of thoughts disappear); contact with the present moment (mindfulness); self as context (the sense of oneself as the observer of one's thoughts, feelings and experiences); values (choosing values in different life domains); and committed action (commitment to choices on the basis of these values).9 In the first part of the intervention participants reflect on their avoidance and control strategies and whether these are effective in the long run. In the second part participants learn how to stay in contact with their present experiences without trying to avoid or control them. Cognitive defusion and experiencing self as context are practised. In the third part the focus is on becoming aware of one's most important personal values and making decisions based on these values. An additional focus is relapse prevention, which includes self-management and action plans. Each module uses experiential exercises and metaphors to illustrate the ACT process, as well as text messages, tailored stories for motivation and an option to personalise the homepage. Furthermore, participants were encouraged to practise daily mindfulness exercises, designed to reduce stress.21 These exercises lasted on average 10–15 min and were provided on audio, downloadable within the web-based intervention. For a comprehensive description of the development of the intervention, see Kelders et al.22
Active control condition
The active control condition was a web-based intervention based on Pennebaker's expressive writing paradigm,11 which has shown small effects on various mental health outcomes.23 Expressive writing generally involves asking participants to write about a highly stressful experience (particularly their deepest thoughts and feelings), usually in three or four sessions. We extended and adapted Pennebaker's method into a web-based format equivalent to that of the ACT intervention, comprising nine online sessions presented in three parts. Each session started with a psychoeducational paragraph on emotions and emotion regulation, followed by instructions in the expressive writing method. This consisted of writing about emotional experiences for 15–30 min on at least 3 days a week. The first three sessions focused on expressive writing about negative experiences. In sessions four to six participants looked back at their experiences with expressive writing in the first part, and focused on emotion regulation and reappraisal of emotions; these modules were based on Gross's process model of emotion regulation,24 and were added to extend the intervention to 9 weeks. In the last three modules of the intervention participants focused on writing about positive experiences and self-management for preventive purposes.
Waiting-list control
Participants in the waiting-list control group were offered no intervention but were free to access other forms of care (as were all participants once they were eligible). They were instructed that, should they encounter symptomatic deterioration or other difficulties over the course of the study, they were to seek help from their family, general practitioner or other sources, as they normally would. Six months after baseline these participants could start a web-based intervention of their choice. Based on the preliminary results of this study at T2, the participants were advised to start with ACT.
Participants in the web-based ACT and expressive writing interventions were instructed to complete one session per week, and had 12 weeks in total to complete the nine sessions. After completing a session, participants wrote an email to their counsellor reflecting on the process and using the opportunity to ask questions. They could proceed to the next session after receiving personal feedback from their counsellor. The feedback messages of the counsellors contained the key learning points and goals of the completed session, feedback on the key exercises and a preview of the following session. The feedback was accompanied by positive and encouraging support. Participants received automatic email messages when they completed a session, when personal feedback was received, and to remind them to finish a session or to start a new session. A session was fulfilled when all exercises were completed.
Five psychology Master's degree students provided the email support in both the experimental and the active control conditions. They attended a 2-day workshop from licensed doctors of clinical psychology with ample experience in CBT, ACT and expressive writing (K.M.G.S. and W.T.M.P.), in which they studied the web-based interventions and practised writing emails in the roles of both client and counsellor. Each counsellor provided personal feedback to 25–30 participants during the intervention, supervised by a clinical psychologist. The counsellors were given a total of 3 h on the counselling of an individual participant.
The primary outcome measure was depressive symptoms measured by the Dutch version of the CES-D (20 items, total score 0–60). Higher scores mean more depressive symptoms.25,26 Secondary outcome measures were diagnostic classification, anxiety symptoms, positive mental health, psychological flexibility and mindfulness. The diagnostic classification was assessed with the MINI,15,16 supplemented with the SDS to measure the severity of the disorder.17 Severity was defined as at least two areas of functioning with severe role impairment due to the disorder according to the SDS. The MINI and SDS assessments were conducted by telephone at T0 and T2. Anxiety was measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Anxiety subscale (HADS-A; 7 items, total score 0–21). Higher scores mean more anxiety symptoms.27,28 Positive mental health was measured with the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF; 14 items, each scored 0–5), which measures three dimensions of positive mental health: emotional, social and psychological well-being.29 In this study the total MHC-SF score was used, with higher scores indicating greater emotional, social and psychological well-being.29,30 The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQ-II; 10 items, total score 10–70) was used to measure the participants' willingness to be in contact with negative private events, their acceptance of these events and the ability to live according to their values. Higher scores indicate greater psychological flexibility.31,32 The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire – Short Form (FFMQ-SF; 24 items, total score 24–120) was used to measure mindfulness in five dimensions: observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging and non-reactivity. Facet scores range from 5 to 25 (except for observing, which ranges from 4 to 20), with higher scores indicating greater mindfulness.33,34
Statistical analysis
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines for randomised trials were followed,35 and the analyses were done using SPSS version 20 for Windows. Intention-to-treat (ITT) analyses were performed using the SPSS Missing Value Analysis to impute all missing data on the continuous measures with the expectation–maximisation method. This method estimates the unmeasured data based on maximum likelihood estimates using observed data on all continuous outcome measures in an iterative process.36 To provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the intervention, the outcomes were analysed based on ITT as well as for those completing treatment only. The completers group was defined as participants who completed at least the first six sessions, as these sessions of the ACT intervention dealt with each of the six ACT processes. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and chi-squared tests were conducted to examine baseline differences between the ACT intervention and the two control conditions. To examine the differences between the conditions on all the outcome measures, a 3(group)×3(time) repeated measures ANOVA was used. In the case of significant timegroup interactions, post hoc analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used on the change scores of the outcome measures with baseline scores as covariates. To examine the change from T2 to T3 in the two intervention groups, a 2(group)×2(time) repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-tests were used. Differences in non-study treatment (participants receiving other forms of care during the trial) were analysed using chi-squared tests on the proportions of non-study treatment between the three conditions.
Effect sizes at post-intervention were calculated with Cohen's d using the means and the standard deviations of the measurements of the conditions. Cohen's d is calculated as where
To interpret Cohen's d, effect sizes up to 0.49 were considered small, 0.50–0.79 moderate, 0.80–1.29 large and above 1.30 very large.37 For the changes within the groups (T2v. T3) Cohen's d was corrected for dependence among means by using the correlation between the two means.38 Comparisons were two-tailed and interpreted with a significance of P<0.05.
Using the Jacobson & Truax method we determined the proportion of participants who made a clinically significant change on the CES-D from baseline to post-treatment.39 First, the reliable change was calculated with the reliable change index, calculated as where x1 and x2 are the individual's post-test and pre-test scores and Sdiff is the standard error of difference between the two test scores; Sdiff can be computed directly from the standard error of measurement SE as , where and rxx is the test–retest reliability of the measure. Second, the recovery criterion was defined as a post-treatment score below the cut-off value of 16 for clinically relevant depressive symptoms. The score of 16 has been established in previous research as the cut-off indicating the presence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms.40,41 A clinically significant change on the CES-D is thus defined as a reliable change between the measurements and a post-treatment score below 16. Participants who had a clinically relevant change were coded 1 (implying favourable treatment response, 'success') or 0 ('failure'). The binary outcome was used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) using logistic regression. Based on the clinically significant change proportions, the number needed to treat (NNT) was calculated.42
In addition to the clinically significant change, the effect on diagnosis assessed with the MINI and the SDS was analysed using logistic regression. We calculated favourable treatment response when a participant was free from depression or did not develop a diagnosed depression at T2 ('success'). This yields a binary outcome with failure coded as 0 and success as 1. This binary outcome was then used to obtain odds ratios and the NNT. Differences between the proportions of change within the diagnosis group were analysed using chi-squared tests for comparisons between the two intervention conditions and the waiting-list control.
A total of 436 persons were assessed for eligibility, of whom 93 were excluded based on initial screening criteria (Fig. 1). Owing to a computer error, data concerning 43 of those excluded were not stored. Reasons for exclusion based on data for the other 50 persons were insufficient time to participate (34%, n = 17), few depression symptoms (28%, n = 14), current psychological or medication treatment (20%, n = 10), problems with the Dutch language (16%, n = 8) and age less than 18 years (2%, n = 1). A total of 343 participants met the initial screening criteria for inclusion and were contacted by telephone for a structured interview. On the basis of this interview 58 participants were excluded because of the seriousness of their disorder (n = 24), a high suicide risk (n = 23), current psychopharmacological treatment (n = 1) or refusal to participate (n = 10). A further 29 respondents could not be reached by telephone at the agreed time. Of the 256 included participants, 20 did not complete the baseline measurement. Hence a total of 236 participants were randomised.
After randomisation two participants (one in each intervention group) did not start the intervention for unknown reasons. Twelve participants in the ACT group did not complete the intervention (attended fewer than six sessions), compared with 17 in the expressive writing group. The main reasons given for non-completion were personal problems and that the intervention was too time-consuming. Adherence was 84% for the ACT group, compared with 76% for the expressive writing group. In the ACT group 73% of the participants completed all nine sessions, compared with 63% in the expressive writing group; the difference was not significant (χ2(1,n = 149) = 1.87, P>0.05). Analyses of non-study treatment revealed no significant difference between the conditions: at T1 χ2(2,n = 175) = 1.36, P>0.05; at T2 χ2(2,n = 202) = 2.01, P>0.05. Treatment-completer analyses revealed similar results between completer and non-completer groups with regard to demographic variables and outcome measures. Also, per protocol analysis revealed similar outcomes. Therefore, only the results for the total sample on the imputed data are reported (with exception of the logistic regression of the diagnostic classification).
At T1 (post-treatment for the intervention conditions) data were available for 199 participants (drop-out rates: ACT 13%, expressive writing 25%, waiting list 10%) and at T2 (6-month follow-up for the intervention conditions and pre-intervention for the waiting-list condition) data were available for 205 participants (drop-out rates: ACT 11%, expressive writing 21%, waiting list 9%). At T3 (12-month follow-up for the intervention conditions) data were available for 118 of the 149 participants (drop-out rates: ACT 13%, expressive writing 30%).
Baseline characteristics
Table 1 gives an overview of the participants' characteristics. Eligible participants had a mean age of 46.8 years (s.d. = 12.1, range 20–73), most were women (76%), and two-thirds (66%) had a high level of education. Mean baseline score on the CES-D was 26.73 (s.d. = 8.38). Of the 236 participants, 95 (40%) were diagnosed with a mood disorder. Owing to a programming error in the randomisation procedure the number of participants in each condition differed. There was no significant difference at baseline between the conditions for any of the demographic variables or outcome measures, indicating a successful randomisation, except for gender: χ2(2,n = 236) = 22.78, P<0.001. A comparison of the results based on the analyses with v. without gender as a covariate revealed similar results. Therefore, only the results without gender as covariate are reported (additional analyses with gender as covariate are available from the authors on request).
Means and standard deviations for all outcome measures at baseline, post-treatment and follow-up and the results of the repeated measures are presented in Table 2. Figure 2 shows the repeated measure ANOVA for the primary outcome measure, the CES-D score. For all outcome measures significant interactions were found, except for the mindfulness facets observing (F(2,233) = 2.38, P = 0.05) and acting with awareness (F(2,233) = 1.16, P = 0.33). Post hoc ANCOVA revealed that participants in the ACT intervention improved significantly more from T0 to T1 on all outcome measures compared with the waiting-list control group (all P<0.01), except for the mindfulness facet acting with awareness (P = 0.62). Compared with the expressive writing intervention post hoc ANCOVA revealed that participants in the ACT group improved significantly more from T0 to T1 on all outcome measures (all P<0.05), except for the mindfulness facets observing (P = 0.85), describing (P = 0.12) and acting with awareness (P = 0.63). No significant improvement was found from T1 to T2 for any of the conditions on any outcome measure.
Additional analyses from T0 to T2 showed that the ACT intervention group improved significantly more on all outcome measures compared with the waiting-list condition (all P<0.05) except for positive mental health (P = 0.06) and the mindfulness facets observing (P = 0.34) and acting with awareness (P = 0.06). This indicates that the ACT intervention shows a significant improvement over time compared with the waiting-list condition. The expressive writing intervention group only showed a significant improvement from baseline to follow-up compared with the waiting-list condition for psychological flexibility and the mindfulness facets describing, non-judging of inner experience and non-reactivity to inner experience (all P<0.05).
In Table 3 the effect sizes between the conditions at post-intervention (T1) and 6-month follow-up (T2) are presented. At T1 moderate and small effect sizes were found on all the outcome measures for the ACT intervention compared with the waiting-list condition, and small effect sizes compared with the expressive writing intervention. For the latter intervention small effect sizes were found compared with the waiting-list condition. At T2 small effect sizes were found on all the outcome measures for the ACT intervention compared with the other two conditions. The expressive writing intervention also showed small effect sizes compared with the waiting-list condition.
Effect maintenance
Repeated measures ANOVA revealed no significant difference between the ACT and expressive writing interventions on the change in outcome measures from T1 to T3. Also, within-group analyses showed no significant change for both interventions on all outcome measures. Overall, both interventions showed maintenance of the effects on the primary and secondary measures from 6 months to 12 months of follow-up.
Clinically significant change
The reliable change on the CES-D turned out to be a pre-treatment to post-treatment difference of at least 7 scale points. The proportion of participants who reached a clinically significant change post-treatment on the CES-D in the ACT intervention was 54% (n = 44) v. 26% (n = 23) in the waiting-list control group (OR = 3.22, 95% CI 1.69–6.14, P<0.001; NNT = 3.7). In the expressive writing intervention 21 (31%) reached a clinically significant change, resulting in a non-significant difference compared with the waiting-list control (P = 0.50). Comparison of the two interventions on clinically significant change post-treatment on the CES-D resulted in a significant difference in favour of ACT (OR = 2.54, 95% CI 1.29–4.98, P<0.01; NNT = 4.5). At 6-month follow-up no significant difference was found for the proportion of participants who reached a clinically significant change on the CES-D in the ACT (52%, n= 43) and expressive writing interventions (36%, n= 24) v. the waiting-list group (44%, n= 38). Comparison of the two interventions on clinically significant change at follow-up resulted in a significant difference in favour of ACT (OR = 1.98, 95% CI 1.02–3.83, P<0.05; NNT = 6.0).
Effects on diagnostic classification
Table 4 presents the results of the proportions of success for the MINI diagnoses (n = 204). Logistic regressions on the proportions of success were all non-significant, showing similar results of favourable outcome on the MINI. Chi-squared tests revealed significant proportional improvement in the diagnosis of recurrent depression for both ACT (χ2(1,n = 152) = 6.03, P<0.01) and the expressive writing intervention (χ2(1,n = 132) = 15.9, P<0.001) compared with the waiting-list condition. Comparison of the two interventions on proportions of improvement in the diagnosis of recurrent depression was non-significant (χ2(1,n = 124) = 2.83, P = 0.09).
This is the first study to investigate the effects of a web-based ACT intervention for adults with mild to moderate depressive symptoms in a randomised controlled trial. The effects of the intervention were compared with a waiting list and an active control condition and were measured at post-treatment and at 6-month and 12-month follow-up. Overall, the results show that in the short term the ACT intervention was significantly more effective on the primary outcome measure and most of the secondary outcome measures than both the waiting-list control and the expressive writing intervention, but that both interventions had similar effects on depressive symptoms and secondary measures after 6 months and 12 months.
In comparison with the waiting-list control, participants receiving ACT showed significantly larger reductions of depressive symptoms post-treatment. The effect size at that point was moderate and at the 6-month follow-up it was small. The likelihood of a clinically significant change in depressive symptoms at the post-treatment assessment was substantially higher in the ACT group, compared with both the waiting-list (NNT = 3.7) and the expressive writing groups (NNT = 4.5). Moreover, comparison of the expressive writing and waiting-list control groups resulted in a non-significant difference. This outcome suggests that ACT was superior to both the active intervention and the waiting-list control in directly decreasing clinically relevant depressive symptoms. This is relevant, as the presence of such symptoms is the most important risk factor for major depressive disorder and is associated with considerable economic costs.43 Moreover, the ACT intervention resulted in significantly larger post-treatment reductions in anxiety and improvements in positive mental health in comparison with the waiting-list condition. The effect sizes were in the small range at post-treatment and in the small (non-significant) range at 6-month follow-up.
Interpretation of the findings
The findings at post-treatment are in line with findings from other studies of web-based interventions for adult depression.6,7 The smaller effects at 6-month follow-up appear to be largely due to further recovery in the waiting-list condition. An explanation could be that the waiting-list group anticipated starting the intervention directly after filling in the questionnaire at follow-up. The maintenance of the effect in the ACT intervention is similar to findings in earlier studies about the effect of ACT on depression.12,13 Furthermore, this study shows that the effects of ACT were maintained at 12-month follow-up. Our results from the diagnostic classification analysis showed no significant difference in the proportions of success, meaning that in all conditions fewer participants were diagnosed with a mood disorder post-treatment. However, additional analyses showed a significant difference for both interventions on the diagnosis of recurrent depression compared with the waiting-list control. This finding suggests that both interventions may be especially effective for people with recurrent depression, but this needs to be interpreted with caution as our study was not powered for this. For the ACT intervention a possible explanation could be that mindfulness is a substantial component of the therapy. In all lessons participants are invited to meditate in order to increase awareness and acceptance of negative emotions and thoughts. It has been shown that meta-cognitive awareness, i.e. seeing thoughts as mental events that come and go, is an important process contributing to the prevention of the recurrence of depression in people with a history of depression.44 As the participants in the ACT intervention showed a larger increase in mindfulness in comparison with the waiting list condition, this could explain the differential effects on recurrent depression at 6-month follow-up. However, these results must be interpreted with care and need to be supported by more research.
Effectiveness of expressive writing
Although it was found that the ACT intervention had larger post-treatment effects for depressive symptoms than the expressive writing intervention, no difference was found at follow-up. This was contrary to our hypothesis, in which we expected ACT to have a larger treatment effect both post-treatment and at follow-up. One explanation could be that the attention and emotional support through email contact in both interventions contributed to the effects. Another explanation is that expressive writing is also an effective treatment. Expressive writing has often been applied as an intervention, in which people write about emotional events on at least 3 days a week for 15–30 min for 3 or 4 consecutive days.11 However, to make the format more equal to the ACT intervention the intervention was extended to 9 weeks. To enhance adherence to this longer intervention many components were added, one of which was psychoeducation on emotion regulation based on Gross's model. We found significant improvements from baseline to 6-month follow-up for the expressive writing group in psychological flexibility and the mindfulness facets describing, non-judging of inner experience and non-reactivity to inner experience compared with the waiting-list control. Writing about negative emotions for many weeks and writing about positive events may help people to regulate emotions in a way that is similar to ACT, i.e. diminishing avoidance and increasing acceptance of emotions. Some authors have suggested that emotional writing may yield larger effects,45,46 but there is no consensus on the mechanisms of change. Our findings suggest that a comprehensive expressive writing intervention could be an effective web-based intervention, but more research is needed to support this.
Adherence to treatment was high, with only 13 out of 82 (16%) participants in the ACT group attending fewer than six sessions and 73% completing all nine sessions. The web-based intervention was designed using the Center for eHealth Research and Disease Management road map to achieve a user-friendly application that fits the values of the stakeholders and to evaluate the process of development.22 The high level of adherence in our study may indicate feasibility and compatibility with the wishes of our participants. Furthermore, effort was made to include persuasive technology in the design of the web-based interventions, as persuasive design has been shown to be positively related to adherence.47
Strengths and limitations
A strength of our study is that the ACT intervention was compared not only with a waiting-list condition but also with an active control condition in the form of a web-based expressive writing intervention. Non-specific treatment factors such as attention and emotional support are generally recognised to be important for therapeutic effect.48 Also, inclusion criteria were kept broad to enhance generalisability with respect to the general population and the external validity of the study. Moreover, adding semi-structured interviews as diagnostic measures enhanced the reliability of the outcome measures. Finally, high attrition rates are common in studies of web-based interventions.49 In our study treatment adherence was as high as 84%, in contrast to many previous internet studies that showed lower adherence rates.14
Some limitations also apply. The first and most important is that the recruitment strategy raises the possibility of self-selection bias (i.e. self-referral and motivation for time investment). This, and the fact that our participants tended to have high levels of education relative to the general public, raise questions on generalisability. It is a common finding in internet studies that highly educated women are especially prone to apply for guided web-based self-help interventions.49 Second, there was no assessment of interrater reliability of the diagnostic classification in this study. However, previous studies have provided justification for this method of assessing psychiatric disorders.50 A third limitation is the absence of competence measures of the counsellors because of the risk of not following the treatment protocol. However, all counsellors were supervised and the treatment protocol was highly standardised. Fourth, although we standardised the interventions to make them equivalent, the format of the interventions differed somewhat between treatments. The expressive writing intervention relied almost exclusively on text-based material, whereas the ACT used more experiential exercises (mindfulness exercises and interactive material) and relied more on a mix of text-based and picture-based material, which is in line with the theoretical underpinnings of the ACT model.8,9
Study implications
The clinical implications of this trial are that ACT can be effective as a web-based public mental health intervention for people with mild to moderate depressive symptoms, at least for women with medium to high levels of education. Although ACT was found to have larger effects than expressive writing in the short term, our findings also suggest that a comprehensive web-based expressive writing therapy might be a promising public mental health intervention. This needs to be corroborated in future studies.
We acknowledge with many thanks the therapists and participants who took part in this study.
- Received February 7, 2014.
- Revision received December 5, 2014.
- Accepted December 6, 2014.
- © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016.


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