Pim Cuijpers

..This study suggests that there are no large differences in efficacy between the major psychotherapies for mild to moderate depression...

..Depressive and anxiety disorders are common in general practice but not always treated adequately. Introducing stepped care might improve this. In this randomized trial we examined the effectiveness of such a stepped care model...

..Effects of web-based guided self-help could be enhanced by incorporating them in a stepped-care model...

..These results suggest that in early elementary school peer rejection, but not yet best friend's behavioral characteristics, has an additive effect on children's externalizing problem development...

..But the lack of results could also be due to our selection of patients or to our selection of GPs (with interest in psychiatric disorders). Nonetheless the promising signals with respect to anxiety disorders warrant further research...

..Stable-isolates increased in externalizing behavior, whereas children who became part of a dyad or included in a clique showed a decrease in externalizing behavior...

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..In this article, the efficiency of a CAT version of the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire, - Anhedonic Depression scale (MASQ-AD) for use in ROM was scrutinized in a simulation study...

..Depression can be treated effectively with Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but a short intervention based on problem solving therapy (PST) could constitute a worthwhile alternative to CBT...

..This study illustrates that sedentary behaviors occur more frequently among persons with a mental disorder, independent of general physical activity level...

..The general objective of the ICT4D project is to test the feasibility and acceptability of the ICT4D system within a pilot study in the Netherlands and in Sweden during 2012 and 2013...

..Our findings suggest that regardless of the theoretical background to the therapy, the psychological processes necessary for symptom reduction seem to be comparable...

..More research is needed to validate the GAD-SI 'Do you have trouble relaxing' to see if its screening properties approach those of the GAD-7...

..A secondary objective is to test potential mediating and moderating variables in order to gain insight into how the intervention works and for whom it works best...

..1%. NDST has a considerable effect on symptoms of depression. Most of the effect of therapy for adult depression is realized by non-specific factors, and our results suggest that the contribution of specific effects is limited at best...

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..75 for detecting any depressive and/or anxiety disorder. The Dutch version of the K10 is appropriate for screening depressive disorders in primary care, while the EK10 is preferred in screening for both depressive and anxiety disorders...

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..As in these four situations different costs are encountered, different optimal cut-off points were found...

..This study assessed whether pretreatment severity moderates psychological treatment outcome relative to controls by means of meta-analyses...

..However, earlier meta-analyses in this field have included only a limited number of available studies and did not conduct extended subgroup analyses to examine possible sources of heterogeneity...

..In the past few decades, a considerable number of studies have examined the effects of psychotherapies for adult depression...

..Other research questions concern the identification of potential mediators and the search for subgroups who respond differently to the interventions...

..Further research should focus on underlying factors and examine causal pathways between depression and obesity...

..This need can be met by using brief online screening questionnaires, which can also be quickly used to screen patients prior to consultation with a GP...

..More high-quality research is needed to verify these results...

..Recently, a Dutch educational broadcasting company developed a 6 week self-help course for insomnia, which consists of a book and television programmes. In this study we examined its effects...

..The database can be accessed freely through the Internet...

..A single blind randomised controlled trial compares CBT with treatment as usual in preventing or delaying the onset of psychosis...

..The present study investigates if a nonlinear (U-shaped) trend is preferable over a linear trend to describe the relationship between BMI and depression, which means that both underweight and obesity are associated with depression...

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..A stepped care program is characterized by different treatment steps that are arranged in order of increasing intensity...

..Because CP as a whole was as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy, certain forms of CP deserve to be integrated into routine practice...

..It is not clear whether the effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy and other psychotherapies have been overestimated because of publication bias...

..Although indicated prevention of depression is available for about 80% of the Dutch population at little or no cost, only a small proportion of those with subthreshold depression make use of these services...

..The results and sizes of these trials have been mixed. This is the first quantitative meta-analysis, aimed at organizing and evaluating the literature, and estimating effect size...

..The results suggest that positive peer relations are not just markers, but they are environmental mediators of boys' externalizing behavior development. Implications for research and prevention are discussed...

..We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing two treatments directly in a group of patients with a specific characteristic...

..It was concluded that CAT is a very fruitful way of improving the efficiency of the CES-D questionnaire. The discussion addresses the strengths and limitations of the application of CAT in mental health research...

..The Internet will most likely assume a major role in the future delivery of cognitive-behavioral interventions to patients with health problems...

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..58). No definite conclusions can be drawn about the longer term effects. Too few studies were available to draw conclusions about the relative effects of psychological treatments compared to pharmacological and other treatments...

..People scoring high on openness considered many of the actions to be helpful. We conclude that actions taken to cope with depression and their helpfulness differ considerably for subjects with differing personality traits...

..To study whether prenatal smoking only relates to externalizing problems or whether it is associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems from childhood into late adolescence...

..Different symptoms may be more suitable for self-report or ratings by clinicians and in clinical trials it is probably best to include both...

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..The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of STPP for depression and to identify treatment moderators...

..It could be assumed therefore, that the disease burden of childhood adversities is high. It has not yet been examined, however, whether this is true...

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..Although the association between depression and excess mortality has been well established, it is not clear whether this is greater in major depression than in subthreshold depression...

..Depressive symptoms are highly prevalent among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Web-based problem solving therapy (PST) is easily accessible and showed to be effective in depressed patients...

..Yet, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the determinants. In this paper we test the hypothesis that it is associated with personality traits while controlling for mental disorders...

..The current study is aimed at examining whether smoking is associated with first-ever incidence of mental disorders...

..However, several research questions need to be answered before broad-scale dissemination is possible. The Internet will continue to play a prominent role in the further development of this field of research and clinical practice...

..In this editorial, we present the background of this theme issue, and highlight the content of this issue...

..An important research question for this research area is which subjects with subthreshold depression will develop a full-blown depressive disorder and which will not...

..Although treatment guidelines suggest that suicidal patients with depression should be treated for depression with psychotherapy, it is not clear whether these psychological treatments actually reduce suicidal ideation or suicide risk...

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..33), indicating a possible adverse effect. Prevention of new cases of mental disorders seems to be possible and may be an important way of reducing the enormous burden of these disorders...