Practitioner Review: Unguided and guided self‐help interventions for common mental health disorders in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Bennett, S. D., Cuijpers, P. , Ebert, D. D., McKenzie Smith, M. , Coughtrey, A. E., Heyman, I. , Manzotti, G. and Shafran, R. (2019). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 60: 828-847. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13010
This systematic review of 50 studies found that both unguided and guided self-help interventions for common mental health disorders had moderate positive effect sizes compared with control interventions. No clear moderators of outcome were identified.