What is Beating the Blues™?
In Feb 2006 the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended Beating the Blues™ as a treatment option for all people seen with mild or moderate depression. Beating the Blues™ offers:
- Improved access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Privacy
- Control over use of the programme
- Ease of use, even for clients with little computer experience
- A self-help approach to therapy
- Effective teaching of life long skills
Beating the Blues™ is a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) programme for depression and anxiety (including panic and phobias). It is an 8-session; self-help treatment designed for use by people with no previous computer experience.
Flash Player 8 or above is required for use of this programme.