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Psychological treatments in primary care

Psychological treatments are effective in primary care, but somewhat less than in specialized care. This may be related to the higher response rates in control conditions in primary care, which may point at a more transient nature of depression in primary care. Read our new open access meta-analysis in the Journal of Affective Disorders

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.011


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New interview with Pim Cuijpers about reducing the disease burden of depression

In September I will officially retire, but will continue with parts of my scientific work. I will give 4 webinars in September on the leading theme of my work in the past decades: How can we reduce the disease burden of depression on the population level. The webinars describe my work on four subthemes: (1) Preventing the onset of depressive disorders; (2) Digital interventions and the need to develop scalable interventions for global mental health; (3) How to improve the effectiveness of psychological interventions for depression (and how meta-analyses can contribute to that); and (4) A research agenda for further reductions of the disease burden of depression.
Read here an interview I gave on these webinars and why I want to give an interim overview of my work on these topics (and follow me for more information about the webinars)

https://vu.nl/en/news/2023/interview-with-pim-cuijpers-professor-of-clinical-psychology


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Prevention of depression in low- and middle income countries

Should we focus only on treatment or also on universal, selective and indicative prevention as well as structural factors leading to mental health problems? Read my new Open access paper in Global Mental Health.
https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.22


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Register for my talk on personalized treatments at Wellcome Trust webinar

Interested in personalized treatments of depression, anxiety and psychosis, or thinking of a grant proposal in that direction? Register for my talk at Wellcome Trust webinar on April 6, 2023

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New interview on the effects of psychotherapy on Youtube

Listen to the interview I gave about the effects of psychotherapy as preparation of my keynote at the 21st Congress of the Italian Society of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Bari, Sept 2023;

https://youtu.be/mX0N__jAV1k


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New interview on the effects of psychotherapy on Youtube

Listen to the interview I gave about the effects of psychotherapy as preparation of my keynote at the 21st Congress of the Italian Society of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Bari, Sept 2023;

https://youtu.be/mX0N__jAV1k


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My lecture on digital interventions now on Youtube

My lecture on digital interventions for depression at the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland on February 16th is now available on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/KjIe-9dotjQ


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New lecture on “How to become a productive scientist”

The 1-hour lecture I recently gave in Auckland on “How to become a productive scientist” is now available on Youtube. Organized by prof. Bruce Arroll, University of Auckland

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Lecture on COVID-19 and digital interventions

Watch the lecture I gave on “Scalable digital interventions to adress mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic”, organised by NYU Shanghai, March 31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqHP_PM8p_M


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How to develop new psychological interventions?

How should new psychological interventions be developed? Top-down or bottom-up? Read our new Viewpoint paper in JAMA Psychiatry, led by Ioana Cristea and with Tomaso Vecchi


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Proud to be co-chair of Expert group of WHO Europe on COVID-19

Proud to be appointed as co-chair of the new Expert group of WHO Europe to identify gaps and solutions to the mental health impacts of COVID-19


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Do we know how psychological interventions work?

Do we know how psychological interventions work? Watch the lecture I gave on that subjects last week at the #ZonMw Conference “Building on effectiveness research’ on Youtube


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Dissemination of evidence based psychological treatments: The need for regulations

When is the evidence sufficient for psychological interventions to be disseminated? Read our new paper on the need for regulatory requirements in the Lancet psychiatry. Led by Marianna Purgato, with Corrado barbui

Our Viewpoint paper in Lancet Psychiatry


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Psychotherapy less effective in youth

Psychotherapy for depression is less effective in children and adolescents than in adults and the elderly. Almost all research in youth was done in the US and hardly any in Europe, while in adults this number is evenly divided. Read our meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry

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Open access of psychotherapy manuals

Open access to treatment manuals for psychological interventions is important for replication and for dissemination, but we found that only 7% of manuals were available. Read our new letter in World Psychiatry, led by Sarah Watts and Mark van Ommeren

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Run your own meta analysis

Does CBT work in older adults with depression? Is group therapy effective for perinatal depression? Are psychotherapies more or less effective in East Asia than in the US? Run your own fully automated meta-analysis in psychotherapies for depression at our new website: www.metapsy.org

Collaborative work with David Ebert, Eirini Karyotaki, Mathias Harrer

www.metapsy.org


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