A Web-Based Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among University Students: Open-Label, Pragmatic Trial

Jason Bantjes   ¹ , PhD ;   Alan E Kazdin   ² , PhD ;   Pim Cuijpers   ³ , PhD ;   Elsie Breet   ¹ , PhD ;   Munita Dunn-Coetzee   ⁴ , PhD ;   Charl Davids   ⁴ , MA ;   Dan J Stein   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Ronald C Kessler   ⁶ , PhD

¹ Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

² Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

³ Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴ Centre for Student Counselling and Development, Student Affairs, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa

⁶ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States