Over the two recruitment phases, eight participants in Phase 1
and five participants in Phase 2 provided informed consent and
volunteered to participate. Inclusion criteria were: (1) living in
Australia; (2) overseas-born or Australian-born person who self identified
as being of Arabic ancestry; (3) between the ages of 18 and
70 years; (4) having reliable internet access; (5) not receiving CBT elsewhere;
(6) no history of a psychotic condition; (7) a Patient Health
Questionnaire 9-item(PHQ-9) score ≥5 or a Generalised Anxiety Disorder
7-item(GAD-7) score ≥5 indicating, at least, mild depressive or anxiety
symptoms, but not currently experiencing severe depression
(defined as a total score ≥23 or a score = 3 on question 9 of the
PHQ-9) (Kroenke et al., 2001); and (8) if taking medication for
anxiety or depression, having been on a stable dose for at least one
month.