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RCT Happy Ending Smoking Cessation, part 2. RCT Happy Ending Smoking Cessation, part 2. This article was written in 2008. The program has now been updated with the latest psychological techniques and up to date technology.). In the second of two randomized clinical trials, the objective was to assess the long-term effect (i.e. 12 months) of Happy Ending without the use of nicotine replacement products. Journa of Medical Internet Research. 10(5): e51. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1005.
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Why is it so hard to change habits and lifestyle? It's all in your brain. Director of research, Filip Drozd. Brushing your teeth in the morning, locking the door when you leave, or walking to the sofa after too much dinner, bringing the rest of the wine, lighting up if you smoke. When you try to break one of your habits the brain has to switch to manual. And the brain doesn’t like that. It wants to stay on autopilot and relax. Just like the airline captain crossing the Atlantic. There is a solution.
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The development of Easychange. The development of Easychange. We all have something we wish we could change. Habits, lifestyles, personal qualities or something else. But we know, often by painful experience, that lasting change is difficult. This was the main inspiration when Paal Kraft and Harald Schjelderup-Lund decided to develop the smoking cessation program Happy Ending in 2003. Only 3-5% of those who try to quit without help are smoke free 12 months later. The birth of Easychange. The result was c...
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Inside the black box. Inside the black box. The article meets the latest demands for a more detailed description of interventions, and may inform systematic reviews and development of effective future interventions and treatments. Bartholomew, L. K., Parcel, G. S., Kok, G. & Gottlieb, N. H. (2006). Planning health promotion programs: Intervention mapping (2nd ed.). San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Journal of Smoking Cessation.
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Results from user surveys and clinical studies. Results from user surveys and clinical studies. By Research Director Filip Drozd, Changetech. All PCP programmes developed by Changetech are evidence based. All the components in these programmes are sourced from documented research, and we test all Changetech programmes once they are finished. The aim is to document how users experience them, and also to drive continuous improvement. Results from user surveys. Replied that the programme had been useful.
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Effective ways to help people change their health habits. Effective ways to help people change their health habits. Almost everyone wants to change something about themselves to drop unhealthy habits, lose weight, get healthier and find easier ways to tackle the challenges of day-to-day life. But most people find it hard and fail. Easychange makes all this a lot easier. This all makes Easychange programmes different from anything else. Friendly guides are on hand to help users through each programme!
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RCT Happy Ending Smoking Cessation, part 1. RCT Happy Ending Smoking Cessation, part 1. This article was written in 2008. The program has now been updated with the latest psychological techniques and up to date technology.). Two of the founders of Changetech, Paal Kraft and Harald Schjelderup-Lund, have developed one of the most successful and most effective smoking cessation program in the world. 103, 478-484. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02119.x.
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How can we design better theory based interventions? How can we design better theory based interventions? This article was written in 2009. Since then Changetech has succeeded in creating the new generation of more efficient self help programs, now known as Easychange). The new generation of ePsychology. We are particularly interested in gaining knowledge about how psychological theory and research related to behavior change and maintenance, can be utilized in designing interventions. In particular, ...
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Big effect and satisfied users. Big effect and satisfied users. Clinical studies and user surveys document that Easychange programmes are effective and that people like using them. Changetech the company that develops these personal change programmes conducts user surveys of all its programmes. The company has built up a substantial body of evidence documenting the ways users experience the programmes, as well as their effects.
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Metacognitive therapy is exciting news! Metacognitive therapy is exciting news! The important thing is not what we think, but how we relate to negative thoughts and what guides our thinking, says Professor Adrian Wells, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester. Thinking about thinking, pure and simple. Thoughts, (3) have a strong focus on individual events, (4) analyze most of what you do and everything that happens and (5) attempt to remove or avoid things that feel threatening. Althou...
