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March, 2017
VITAE
NAME: Robert John DeRubeis
POSITIONS: Samuel H. Preston Term Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor and Chair of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Secondary appointments at Penn:
Graduate School of Education
BORN: October 22, 1953
Cincinnati, Ohio
ADDRESS: Office: University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology
3720 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6241
TELEPHONE: (215) 573-5804
e-mail: [email protected]
Home: 229 N. Essex Avenue
Narberth, PA 19072
TELEPHONE: (610) 660-0592
EDUCATION: B.A. in Psychology, 1975
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical), 1983
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
LICENSURE: Licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES: Stints as Member of Editorial Board:
(since 1983) Cognitive Therapy and Research,
Psychotherapy Research
The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research,
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Reviewer:
Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology Review
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Bulletin,
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer and Site-Visitor,
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute on Aging
HONORS AND AWARDS
2002 – Annual Award, Aaron T. Beck Institute for Cognitive Studies
2004 – Aaron T. Beck Award, The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (for significant and enduring
contributions to cognitive therapy)
2013 – Distinguished Career Award, Society for Psychotherapy Research
2015 – Provost’s Award for Distinguished PhD Teaching and Mentoring, University of
Pennsylvania
2017 – (to be awarded) James McKean Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological
Science (for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological
research)
FUNDED RESEARCH (external sources only):
Robert J. DeRubeis, PI –MQ 14PM27, The Personalized Advantage Index (PAI): Developing a
Treatment Selection Approach that Uses Moderators of Psychological Treatments to Inform
Treatment Decisions and Improve Patient Outcomes,” 01/01/15 – 12/31/16
Robert J. DeRubeis, PI - 5 R01 MH060353-10, “Treatment of Bipolar Type II Major
Depression,” 08/13/07 – 06/30/13
Robert J. DeRubeis, PI - 5 R01 MH080097-03, “Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar
Depression,” 07/15/09 – 03/31/14
Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant 2-R01-MH-060998-06, “Prevention of Recurrence in
Depression with Drugs and CT.” $1,463,278 direct costs. 4/1/07 – 2/29/12
Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant R01 MH60713, "Prevention of Recurrence in
Depression with Drugs and CT.” $2,595,514 direct costs. 5/1/02 – 4/30/06
Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant R10 MH55877, "Cognitive therapy
and pharmacotherapy for depression.” $1,495,364 direct costs. 9/30/96 - 8/31/01
Co-Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant No. 1 R01 MH4380-01, "Focused cognitive therapy
for panic disorder." 4/1/88 - 3/31/91
Co-Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant No. R01 MH38843-03, "Psychopathology of
depression, anxiety and suicide." 1/1/87 - 12/31/89
Co-Principal Investigator, NIMH Grant No. 5 R01 MH33209-04, "Cognitive therapy in
relation to drugs in depression." 7/1/82 - 6/30/84
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., DeRubeis, R. J., Van Straten, A., & Tiemens, B. (2017). A prognostic index
(PI) as a moderator of outcomes in the treatment of depression: A proof of concept
combining multiple variables to inform risk-stratified stepped care models. Journal of
Affective Disorders, 213, 78-85.
Furukawa, T. A., Weitz, E. S., Tanaka, S., Hollon, S. D., Hofmann, S. G., Andersson, G., …
Cuijpers, P. (2017). Initial severity of depression and efficacy of cognitive-behavioural
therapy: Individual-participant data meta-analysis of pill-placebo-controlled trials. The
British Journal of Psychiatry, 210, 190-196.
Porter, E., Chambless, D. L., McCarthy, K. S., DeRubeis, R. J., Sharpless, B. A., Barrett, M. S.,
... Barber, J. P. (2017). Psychometric properties of the reconstructed Hamilton Depression
and Anxiety Scales. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Advanced online
publication.
Forand, N. R., Huibers, M. J., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2017). Prognosis moderates the engagement–
outcome relationship in unguided cCBT for depression: A proof of concept for the prognosis
moderation hypothesis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Advanced online
publication.
Amsterdam, J. D., Lorenzo‐Luaces, L., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2017). Comparison of treatment
outcome using two definitions of rapid cycling in subjects with bipolar II disorder. Bipolar
Disorders. Advanced online publication.
Keefe, J. R., Amsterdam, J., Li, Q. S., Soeller, I., DeRubeis, R., & Mao, J. J. (2017). Specific
expectancies are associated with symptomatic outcomes and side effect burden in a trial of
chamomile extract for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 84, 90-
97.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Lorenzo-Luaces, L. (2017). Recognizing that truth is unattainable and
attending to the most informative research evidence. Psychotherapy Research, 27, 33-35.
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Keefe, J. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2016). Cognitive-behavioral therapy:
Nature and relation to non-cognitive behavioral therapy. Behavior Therapy, 47(6), 785-803.
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Driessen, E., DeRubeis, R. J., Van, H. L., Keefe, J. R., Hendriksen, M., &
Dekker, J. (2016). Moderation of the alliance-outcome association by prior depressive
episodes: Differential effects in cognitive-behavioral therapy and short-term psychodynamic
supportive psychotherapy, Behavior Therapy, doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.11.011.
Cuijpers, P., Weitz, E., Lamers, F., Penninx, B. W., Twisk, J., DeRubeis, R. J., ... Hollon, S. D.
(2016). Melancholic and atypical depression as predictor and moderator of outcome in
cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression. Depression and
Anxiety, 34, 246-256.
Amsterdam, J. D., Lorenzo‐Luaces, L., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2016). Step‐wise loss of
antidepressant effectiveness with repeated antidepressant trials in bipolar II
depression. Bipolar Disorders, 18, 563-570.
Forand, N. R., Strunk, D. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2016). Positive extreme responding after
cognitive therapy for depression: Correlates and potential mechanisms. Behaviour Research
and Therapy, 83, 11-18.
Schalet, B. D., Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., & Shelton, R. C.
(2016). Specific pharmacological effects of paroxetine comprise psychological but not
somatic symptoms of depression. PLOS ONE, 11, e0159647.
Sasso, K.E., Strunk, D.R., Braun, J.D., DeRubeis, R.J., & Brotman, M.A. (2016). A re-
examination of process-outcome relations in cognitive therapy for depression: Disaggregating
within-patient and between-patient effects. Psychotherapy Research, 26, 387-398. DOI:
10.1080/10503307.2015.1026423.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Fawcett, J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Zajecka, J., ...
Gallop, R. (2016). Notice of retraction and replacement. Hollon et al. (2014) Effect of
cognitive therapy with antidepressant medications vs antidepressants alone on the rate of
recovery in major depressive disorder: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 71,
1157-1164. JAMA psychiatry, 73(6), 639-640.
Amsterdam, J. D., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Soeller, I., Li, S. Q., Mao, J. J., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2016).
Short-term venlafaxine v. lithium monotherapy for bipolar type II major depressive episodes:
Effectiveness and mood conversion rate. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 208, 359-365.
Keefe, J. R., Webb, C. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2016). In cognitive therapy for depression, early
focus on maladaptive beliefs may be especially efficacious for patients with personality
disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 353-364.
Cooper, A. A., Strunk, D. R., Ryan, E. T., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., & Gallop, R. (2016).
The therapeutic alliance and therapist adherence as predictors of dropout from cognitive
therapy for depression when combined with antidepressant medication. Journal of Behavior
Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 113-119.
Lemmens, L. H., DeRubeis, R. J., Arntz, A., Peeters, F. P., & Huibers, M. J. (2016). Sudden
gains in cognitive therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy for adult depression. Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 77, 170-176.
Vittengl, J. R., Jarrett, R. B., Weitz, E., Hollon, S. D., Twisk, J., Cristea, I., ... Faramarzi, M.
(2016). Divergent outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy for adult
depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 481-490.
Gelfand, L. A., MacKinnon, D. P., DeRubeis, R. J., & Baraldi, A. N. (2016). Mediation analysis
with survival outcomes: Accelerated failure time versus proportional hazards models.
Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 423ff.
Huibers, M. J., Cohen, Z. D., Lemmens, L. H., Arntz, A., Peeters, F. P., Cuijpers, P., &
DeRubeis, R. J. (2016). Correction: Predicting optimal outcomes in cognitive therapy or
interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed individuals using the Personalized Advantage
Index approach. PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0148835.
Lorenzo‐Luaces, L., Amsterdam, J., Soeller, I., & DeRubeis, R. (2016). Rapid versus non‐rapid
cycling bipolar II depression: response to venlafaxine and lithium and hypomanic risk. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 133, 459-469.
Otero, P., Smit, F., Cuijpers, P., DeRubeis, R. J., Torres, Á., & Vázquez, F. L. (2015).
Differential response to depression prevention among a sample of informal caregivers:
Moderator analysis of longer-term follow-up trial data. Psychiatry Research, 230, 271-278.
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., German, R.E., & DeRubeis, R.J. (2015). It’s complicated: The relation
between cognitive change procedures, cognitive change, and symptom change in CBT for
depression. Clinical Psychology Review, 41, 3-15.
Weitz, E. S., Hollon, S. D., Twisk, J., van Straten, A., Huibers, M. J., David, D., . . . Cristea, I. A.
(2015). Baseline depression severity as moderator of depression outcomes between cognitive
behavioral therapy vs pharmacotherapy: an individual patient data meta-analysis. JAMA
Psychiatry, 72(11), 1102-1109.
Sasso, K. E., Strunk, D. R., Braun, J. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Brotman, M. A. (2015). Identifying
moderators of the adherence-outcome relation in cognitive therapy for depression. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(5), 976-984.
Amsterdam, J. D., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Soeller, I., Li, S. Q., Mao, J. J., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2015).
Safety and effectiveness of continuation antidepressant versus mood stabilizer monotherapy
for relapse-prevention of bipolar II depression: a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group,
prospective study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 185, 31-37.
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., DeRubeis, R.J., & Bennett, I.M. (2015). Primary care physician’s selection
of low intensity treatments for patients with depression. Family Medicine, 47, 511-516.
McMain, S., Newman, M. G., Segal, Z. V., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2015). Cognitive behavioral
therapy: Current status and future research directions. Psychotherapy Research, 25, 321-329.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J., Shelton, R. C., & Hollon, S. D. (2015). Gains in
employment status following antidepressant medication or cognitive therapy for
depression. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 206, 332-338.
Cuijpers, P., Weitz, E., Twisk, J., Kuehner, C., Cristea, I., David, D. … Hollon, S.D. (2014)
Gender as predictor and moderator of outcome in cognitive behavior therapy and
pharmacotherapy for adult depression: An “individual patient data” meta‐analysis.
Depression and Anxiety, 31, 941-951.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Fawcett, J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Zajecka, J., ... &
Gallop, R. (2014). Effect of cognitive therapy with antidepressant medications vs
antidepressants alone on the rate of recovery in major depressive disorder: a randomized
clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 1157-1164.
German, R.E., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., & DeRubeis, R.J. (2014) Patient’s attributions about
symptom improvement in CBT for depression: Development of a rating system and an initial
test of validity. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 7, 271-285.
Forand, N. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2014). Extreme response style and symptom return after
depression treatment: The role of positive extreme responding. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, Feb 3, 2014. doi: 10.1037/a0035755
Andersen, B. L., DeRubeis, R. J., Berman, B. S., Gruman, J., Champion, V. L., Massie, M. J., ...
& Rowland, J. H. (2014). Screening, assessment, and care of anxiety and depressive
symptoms in adults with cancer: An American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline
Adaptation. Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO-2013. Published online before print, April 14,
2014, doi:10.1200/JCO.2013.52.4611
DeRubeis, R. J., Gelfand, L. A., German, R. E., Fournier, J. C., & Forand, N. R. (2014).
Understanding processes of change: How some patients reveal more than others—and some
groups of therapists less—about what matters in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 24,
419-428.
Lorenzo-Luaces, L., DeRubeis, R. J., & Webb, C. A. (2014). Client characteristics as moderators
of the relation between the therapeutic alliance and outcome in cognitive therapy for
depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82, 368.
DeRubeis, R.J., Cohen, Z.D., Forand, N.R., Fournier, J.C., Gelfand, L.A., Lorenzo-Luaces, L.
(2014) The Personalized Advantage Index: Translating research on prediction into
individualized treatment recommendations. A demonstration. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e83875. doi:
e83875.
Forand, N. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2013). Pretreatment anxiety predicts patterns of change in
cognitive behavioral therapy and medications for depression. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 81, 774-782.
Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Dimidjian, S., Amsterdam, J. D., & Shelton, R. C.
(2013). Convergence and divergence in the delivery of Cognitive Therapy in two randomized
clinical trials. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51, 493 -498.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Gallop, R., Shelton, R. C., & Amsterdam, J. D.
(2013). Differential change in specific depressive symptoms during antidepressant medication
or cognitive therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51, 392 -398.
Gibbons, C. J., Stirman, S. W., DeRubeis, R. J., C. F. Newman, C. F., & Beck, A. T. (2013).
Research setting versus clinic setting: Which produces better outcomes in cognitive therapy
for depression? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37, 605-612.
Strunk, D. R., Cooper, A. A., Ryan, E. T., DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon, S. D. (2012). The process
of change in cognitive therapy for depression when combined with antidepressant medication:
Predictors of early intersession symptom gains. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 80, 730-738.
Roose, S. P., Barber, J. P., Caligor, E., DeRubeis, R. J., Gerber, A. J., Glick, R. A., . . . Levy, R.
A. (2012). The development of a psychoanalytic outcome study: Choices, conflicts, and
consensus. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 60, 311-335.
Webb, C. A., Auerbach, R. P. & DeRubeis, R. J. (2012). Processes of change in CBT for
adolescent depression: Review and recommendations. Journal of Clinical Child and
Adolescent Psychology, 41, 654-665.
Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Dimidjian, S., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., & Shelton, R. C.
(2012). Predictors of patient cognitive therapy skills and symptom change in two randomized
clinical trials: The role of therapist adherence and the therapeutic alliance. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 373-381.
Millan, M. J., Agid, Y., Brüne, M., Bullmore, E., Carter, C. S., Clayton, N. S., Connor, R.,
Davis, S. Deakin, B., DeRubeis, R. J., Dubois, B., Geyer, M. A, Goodwin, G. M., Gorwood,
P., Jay, T. M., Joëls, M., Mansuy, I. M., Meyer-Lindenberg, A. Murphy, D., Rolls, E., Saletu,
B., Spedding, M., Sweeney, J., Whittington, M., & Young, L. J. (2012). Cognitive dysfunction
in psychiatric disorders: Characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy. Nature
Reviews Drug Discovery, 11, 141-168.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., & Beck, A. T. (2012). Dysfunctional cognitions in personality
pathology: The structure and validity of the Personality Belief Questionnaire. Psychological
Medicine, 42, 795-806.
Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., & Dimidjian, S.
(2011). Two aspects of the therapeutic alliance: Differential relations with depressive
symptom change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 279-283.
Leykin, Y., Roberts, C. S., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2011). Decision-making and depressive
symptomatology. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 333–341.
Leykin, Y., & DeRubeis R. J. (2010). Decision-making styles and depressive symptomatology:
Development of the Decision Styles Questionnaire. Judgment and Decision Making, 5, 506-
515.
Gibbons, C. J., Fournier, J. C., Stirman, S. W., DeRubeis, R. J., Crits-Christoph, P., & Beck, A.
T. (2010). The clinical effectiveness of cognitive therapy for depression in an outpatient clinic.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 125, 169-176.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., & Fawcett, J. (2010). Depression severity and effect of
antidepressant medications: In reply. Journal of the American Medical Association, 303, 1599.
Strunk, D. R., Brotman, M. A., DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon, S. D. (2010). Therapist competence in
cognitive therapy for depression: Predicting subsequent symptom change. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 429-437.
Strunk, D. R., Brotman, M. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2010). The process of change in cognitive
therapy for depression: Predictors of early inter-session symptom gains. Behaviour Research
and Therapy, 48, 599-606.
Strunk, D. R., Stewart, M. O., Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Fawcett, J., Amsterdam, J. D., &
Shelton, R. C. (2010). Can pharmacotherapists be too supportive? A process study of active
medication and placebo in the treatment of depression. Psychological Medicine, 40, 1379-
1387.
Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., & Barber, J. P. (2010) Therapist adherence/competence and
treatment outcome: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
78, 200-211.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Fawcett, J.
(2010). Antidepressant drug effects and depression severity: A patient-level meta-analysis.
Journal of the American Medical Association, 303, 47-53.
Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Schalet, B.,
(2009). Personality change during depression treatment: A placebo-controlled trial. Archives
of General Psychiatry, 66, 1322-1330.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., & Gallop, R.
(2009). Prediction of response to medication and cognitive therapy in the treatment of
moderate to severe depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 775-787.
Leykin, Y., DeRubeis R. J. (2009). Allegiance in psychotherapy outcome research: Separating
association from bias. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 16, 54-65.
Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Gallop, R., Amsterdam, J. D., Hollon, S. D.
(2008). Antidepressant medications v. cognitive therapy in people with depression with or
without personality disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 124-129.
Gibbons, C. J., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2008). Anxiety symptom focus in sessions of cognitive
therapy for depression. Behavior Therapy, 39, 117-125.
Bhar, S. S., Gelfand, L. A., Schmid, S. P., Gallop, R., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D.,
Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Beck, A. T. (2008). Sequence of improvement in
depressive symptoms across cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy. Journal of Affective
Disorders, 110, 161-166.
DeRubeis, R. J., Siegle G. J., & Hollon, S. D. (2008). Cognitive therapy versus medication for
depression: Treatment outcomes and neural mechanisms. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9,
788-796.
Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. A., & Shelton, R. C. (2007). Sudden
gains in cognitive therapy of depression and depression relapse/recurrence. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 404-408.
Leykin, Y., Amsterdam, J. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Gallop, R., Shelton, R. C., & Hollon, S. D.
(2007). Progressive resistance to SSRI but not to cognitive therapy in the treatment of major
depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 267-276.
Strunk, D. R., DeRubeis R. J., Chiu, A. W., & Alvarez, J. (2007). Patients’ competence in and
performance of cognitive therapy skills: Relation to the reduction of relapse risk following
treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 523-530.
Leykin, Y., DeRubeis R. J., Shelton, R. C. & Amsterdam, J. D. (2007). Changes in patients’
beliefs about the causes of their depression following successful treatment. Cognitive Therapy
and Research, 31, 437-449.
Leykin, Y., DeRubeis R. J., Gallop, R., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C, & Hollon, S. D. (2007).
The relation of patients’ treatment preferences to outcome in a randomized clinical trial.
Behavior Therapy, 38, 209-217.
Strunk, D. R., Lopez, H. L., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Depressive symptoms are associated with
unrealistic negative predictions of future life events. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44,
875-896.
Gelfand, L. A., Strunk, D. R., Tu, X., Noble, R. E. S., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Bias resulting
from the use of “assay sensitivity” as an inclusion criterion for meta-analysis. Statistics in
Medicine 25, 943-955.
Stirman, S. W., DeRubeis, R. J., Crits-Christoph, P., & Rothman, A. (2005). Can the randomized
controlled trial literature generalize to non-randomized patients? Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 73, 127-135.
Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Beberman, R., & Pham, T. (2005). Cognitive changes, critical
sessions, and sudden gains in cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 168-172.
DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Young, P. R., Salomon, R. M.,
O’Reardon, J. P., Lovett, M. L., Gladis, M. M., Brown, L. L., & Gallop, R. (2005). Cognitive
therapy vs medications in the treatment of moderate to severe depression. Archives of General
Psychiatry, 62, 409-416.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Amsterdam, J. D., Salomon, R. M., O’Reardon, J.
P., Lovett, M. L., Young, P. R., Haman, K. L., Freeman, B. B., & Gallop, R. (2005).
Prevention of relapse following cognitive therapy vs medications in moderate to severe
depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 417-422.
Noble, R. E. S., Gelfand, L. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2005). Reducing exposure of clinical research
subjects to placebo treatments. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 881-892.
DeRubeis, R. J., Brotman, M. A., & Gibbons, C. J. (2005). A conceptual and methodological
analysis of the nonspecifics argument. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 174-183.
O'Reardon J. P., Chopra, M. P., Bergan, A, Gallop, R., DeRubeis, R. J., Crits-Christoph, P.
(2004). Response to tryptophan depletion in major depression treated with either cognitive
ther-apy or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants. Biological Psychiatry, 55,
957-959.
Stirman, S. W., Crits-Christoph, P, & DeRubeis, R. J. (2004). Achieving successful
dissemination of empirically supported adult psychotherapies: A synthesis of dissemination
theory. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, 343-359.
Stirman, S., DeRubeis, R. J., Crits-Christoph, P., & Brody, P. (2003). Are samples in randomized
controlled trials of psychotherapy representative of community outpatients? A new
methodology and initial findings. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 963-972.
Farah, M. J., Brotman, M. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Wang, J., Detre, J. A., Egeth, M. J., Cornew, L.
A., & O'Reardon, J. P. (2003). The mind and the amygdala: A quantitative fMRI study of
amygdala perfusion during cognitive mood induction. Brain and Cognition, 51, 184.
O'Reardon, J. P., Brotman, M. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Wang, J., Detre, J. A., Egeth, M. J., Cornew,
L. A., & Farah, M. J. (2003). Prefrontal-amygdala interactions and mood regulation: A
perfusion fMRI study. Brain and Cognition, 51, 185.
Barber, J. P., Foltz, C., DeRubeis, R. J., & Landis, R. J. (2002). Consistency of interpersonal
themes in narratives about relationships. Psychotherapy Research, 12, 139-158.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., & Weiss, B. (2002). The emperor's new drugs:
Effect size and moderation effects. Prevention & Treatment, 5,
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Barber, J. P., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2001). Change in compensatory skills in cognitive therapy for
depression. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 10, 8-13.
Kuyken, W., Kurzer, N. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Beck, A. T., & Brown, G.K. (2001). Response to
cognitive therapy in depression: The role of maladaptive beliefs and personality disorders.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 560-566.
Andrusyna, T. P., Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., & Luborsky, L. (2001). The factor structure of the
Working Alliance Inventory in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy
Practice and Research, 10, 173-178.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Stirman, S. W. (2001). Determining the pertinence of psychotherapy outcome
research findings for clinical practice. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 908-
909.
DeRubeis, R. J., Gelfand, L. A., Tang, T. Z., & Simons, A. (1999). Medications versus cognitive
behavioral therapy for severely depressed outpatients: Mega-analysis of four randomized
comparisons. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 1007-1013.
Feeley, M., DeRubeis, R. J., & Gelfand, L. A. (1999). The temporal relation of adherence and
alliance to symptom change in cognitive therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 67, 578-582.
Tang, T. Z., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1999). Reconsidering rapid early response in cognitive
behavioral therapy for depression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 283-288.
Tang, T. Z., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1999). Sudden gains and critical sessions in cognitive behavioral
therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 894-904.
Seligman, M. E. P., Schulman, P. S., DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon, S. D. (1999). The prevention of
depression and anxiety. Prevention & Treatment, 2, Article 8. (online journal; url =
http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume2/pre0020008a.html)
DeRubeis, R. J., & Crits-Christoph, P. (1998). Empirically supported individual and group
psychological treatments for adult mental disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 66, 37-52.
Luborsky, L, Diguer, L., Cacciola, J., Barber, J. P., Moras, K., Schmidt, K., & DeRubeis, R. J.
(1996). Factors in outcomes of short-term dynamic psychotherapy for chronic vs. nonchronic
major depression. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 5, 152-159.
Freeman, E. W., DeRubeis, R. J., Rickels, K. (1996). Reliability and validity of a daily diary for
premenstrual syndrome. Psychiatry Research, 65, 97-106.
Haaga, D. A. F., Ahrens, A. H., Schulman, P., Seligman, M. E. P., DeRubeis, R. J., & Minarik,
M. L. (1995). Metatraits and cognitive assessment: Application to attributional style and
depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 121-142.
Castonguay, L. G., Hayes, A. M., Goldfried, M. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1995). The focus of
therapist interventions in cognitive therapy for depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
19, 485-504.
Zorrilla, E. P., DeRubeis, R. J., & Redei, E. (1995). High self-esteem, hardiness and affective
stability are associated with higher basal pituitary-adrenal hormone levels.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 20, 591-601.
Zorrilla, E. P., Redei, E., DeRubeis, R. J., (1994). Reduced cytokine levels and T-cell function in
healthy males: Relation to individual differences in subclinical anxiety. Brain, Behavior, and
Immunity, 8, 293-312.
Garvey, M. J., Hollon, S. D., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1994). Do depressed patients with higher
pretreatment stress levels respond better to cognitive therapy than imipramine? Journal of
Affective Disorders, 32, 45-50.
Garvey, M. J., Hollon, S. D., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1993). Changes in urinary MHPG during
treatment with imipramine. Biological Psychiatry, 34, 562-564.
Barber, J. P., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1992). The Ways of Responding: A scale to assess
compensatory skills taught in cognitive therapy. Behavioral Assessment, 14, 93-115.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Evans, M. D., Wiemer, M. J., Garvey, M. J., Grove, W. M., &
Tuason, V. B. (1992). Cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy for depression: Singly and in
combination. Archives of General Psychiatry, 49, 774-781.
Evans, M. D., Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Piasecki, J. M., Garvey, M. J., Grove, W. M., &
Tuason, V. B. (1992). Differential relapse following cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy
for depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 49, 802-808.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1992). Cognitive therapy and the
prevention of depression. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 1, 89-95.
Ackermann, R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1991). Is depressive realism real? Clinical Psychology
Review, 11, 565-584.
Haaga, D. A., Stewart, B. L., Beck, A. T., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1991). Relationship of intelligence
with cognitive therapy outcome. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 29, 277-281.
Garvey, M., Hollon S., & DeRubeis R. (1991). Is there a relationship between MHPG and
anxiety in depressed patients? Psychiatry Research, 38, 187-95.
Garvey, M. J., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., & Evans, M. D. (1991) Response of depression to
very high plasma levels of imipramine plus desipramine. Biological Psychiatry, 30, 57-62.
DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., Garvey, M. J., Grove, W. M., & Tuason, V. B.
(1990). How does cognitive therapy work? Cognitive change and symptom change in
cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 58, 862-869.
Haaga, D. A. F., Stewart, B. L., Beck, A. T., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1990). IQ independence of
measures of dysfunctional cognition. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment,
12, 299-307.
Garvey, M. J., Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Evans, M. D., & Tuason, V. B. (1990). Does
twenty-four hour urinary MHPG predict treatment response to antidepressants? I. A review.
Journal of Affective disorders, 20, 173-179.
Garvey, M. J., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., & Tuason, V. B. (1990). Does
twenty-four hour urinary MHPG predict treatment response to antidepressants? II. Association
between imipramine response and low MHPG. Journal of Affective Disorders, 20, 181-184.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Feeley, M. (1990). Determinants of change in cognitive therapy for
depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 14, 469-482.
Barber, J. P., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1989). On second thought: Where the action is in cognitive
therapy for depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 13, 441-457.
Garvey, M. J., Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Tuason, V. B. (1988). The
association of MHPG to dexamethasone suppression test status. Psychiatry Research, 24, 223-
230.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Evans, M. D. (1987). Causal mediation of change in treatment
for depression: Discriminating between nonspecificity and noncausality. Psychological
Bulletin, 102, 139-149.
Luborsky, L., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1984). The use of psychotherapy treatment manuals: A small
revolution in psychotherapy research style. Clinical Psychology Review, 4, 5-10.
DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., & Bemis, K. M. (1982). Can psychotherapies for
depression be discriminated? A systematic investigation of Cognitive Therapy and
Interpersonal Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50, 744-756.
Hollon, S. D., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1981). Placebo-psychotherapy combinations: Inappropriate
representations of psychotherapy in drug-psychotherapy comparative trials. Psychological
Bulletin, 90, 467-477.
Lykken, D. T., Tellegen, A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1978). Volunteer bias in twin research: The rule
of two-thirds. Social Biology, 25, 1-9.
BOOK CHAPTERS, ETC.:
De Jong, K., & DeRubeis, R. J. (in press). Effectiveness of psychotherapy. In J. Butcher, J.
Hooley, and P. Kendall (Eds.), APA Handbook of Psychopathology, Washinton, DC: APA
Press.
Gelfand, L. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (in press). Models of specific and nonspecific change
mechanisms in mental health treatments. In In R.Cautin & S. Lilienfeld (Eds), The
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
German, R. E., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2015). Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy. In the
Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Academic Press.
John R Keefe, Robert J DeRubeis (2015)
Forand, N. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2013). Antidepressant controversy: A cause for concern and an
opportunity for progress. The Behavior Therapist, 36, 4-11.
Forand, N. R., DeRubeis, R. J., & Amsterdam, J. D. (2013). Combining medication and
psychotherapy in the treatment of major mental disorders. In Lambert, M. J. (Ed.), Bergin and
Garfield's Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (6th Edition), 735-774. Hoboken,
N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DeRubeis, R. J., Webb, C. A., Tang, T. Z., & Beck, A. T. (2010). Cognitive therapy. In K. S.
Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies (3rd Ed.), 277-316. New York:
Guilford.
Stirman, S. W., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2005). Research patients and clinical trials are frequently
representative of clinical practice. In J. C. Norcross, L. E. Beutler, & Ronald F. Levant (eds.),
Evidence-based practices in mental health: Debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions,
pp. 171-179, and 182-189. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Franklin, M., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2005). Efficacious laboratory-validated treatments are generally
transportable to clinical practice. In J. C. Norcross, L. E. Beutler, & Ronald F. Levant (eds.),
Evidence-based practices in mental health: Debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions,
pp. 375-383, 393-395, and 397-402. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Grant, P., Young, P. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2005). Cognitive and behavioral therapies. In G. O.
Gabbard, J. S. Beck, & J. Holmes (eds.), Oxford textbook of psychotherapy, pp. 15-25. New
York, NY, US: Oxford University Press.
Brotman, M. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2004). A comparison and appraisal of theories of
rumination. In C. Papageorgiou & A. Wells (Eds.), Depressive rumination: Nature, theory, and
treatment, pp. 177-184. Chichester, England: Wiley.
Young, P. R., Grant, P., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2003). Some lessons from group supervision of
cognitive therapy for depression. Cognitive & Behavioral Practice, 10, 30-40.
Stirman, S. W., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2002). A new generation of outcome research. Pennsylvania
Psychologist.
BOOK CHAPTERS, ETC.:
DeRubeis, R. J. (2001). How negative psychology is integral to positive psychology. In J. E.
Gillham (Ed.), The science of optimism and hope, pp. 263-268. Radnor, PA: Templeton
Foundation Press.
DeRubeis, R. J., Tang, T. Z., & Beck, A. T. (2001). Cognitive therapy. In K. S. Dobson (Ed.),
Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies (2nd Ed.), pp. 349-392. New York: Guilford.
Strunk, D. R., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2001). Cognitive therapy for depression: A review of its
efficacy. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 15, 289-297.
Scott, J., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2001). Cognitive therapy and psychosocial interventions in chronic
and treatment-resistant mood disorders. In J. D. Amsterdam, A. A. Nierenberg, & M. Hornig
(Eds.), Treatment-resistant mood disorders, pp. 252-269. London: Cambridge University
Press.
DeRubeis, R. J., Tang, T. Z., Gelfand, L. A., & Feeley, M. (2000). Recent findings concerning
the processes and outcomes of cognitive therapy for depression. In S. L. Johnson, A. M.
Hayes, T. M. Field, N. Schneiderman, & P. M. McCabe (Eds.), Stress, coping, and depression,
pp. 223-240. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2000). The clinical implications of Samoilov and Goldfried’s perspective on
emotion in cognitive-behavior therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 7, 391-393.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Gelfand, L. A. (2000). Dr. DeRubeis and Ms. Gelfand reply (Letter to the
Editor), American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, 1025-1026.
Chambless, D., Baker, M. J., Baucom, D. H., Beutler, L. E., Calhoun, K. S., Crits-Christoph, P.,
Daiuto, A., DeRubeis, R. J., Detweiler, J., Haaga, D. A. F., Bennett Johnson, S., McCurry, S.,
Mueser, K. T., Pope, K. S., Sanderson, W. C., Shoham, V., Stickle, T., Williams, D. A., &
Woody, S. R. (1998). Update on empirically validated therapies: II. The Clinical Psychologist,
51, 3-16.
DeRubeis, R. J., Young, P. R., & Dahlsgaard, K. K. (1998). Affective disorders. In A. S. Bellack
& M. Hersen (Eds.), Comprehensive clinical psychology (Vol. 6, pp. 339-366). Oxford:
Pergamon.
Routh, D. K., & DeRubeis, R. J. (Eds.). (1998). The science of clinical psychology. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association Press.
Luborsky, L., Diguer, L., DeRubeis, R. J., & Schmidt, K. A. (1997). A core battery of measures
of depression and principles for their selection. In H. H. Strupp, L. M. Horowitz, & M. J.
Lambert (Eds.), Measuring patient changes in mood, anxiety, and personality disorders:
Toward a core battery (pp. 283-300). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Evans, M. D. (1996). Cognitive therapy in the treatment and
prevention of depression. In P. M. Salkovskis (Ed.), Frontiers of cognitive therapy, pp. 293-
317. New York: Guilford Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS, ETC.:
DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon, S. D. (1995). The role of explanatory style in the cognitive therapy of
depression. In G. Buchanan & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.), Explanatory style, pp. 99-111.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1995). Thinking about cognition in cognitive therapy. Journal of Cognitive
Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 9, 205-212.
Engel, R. A., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1993). The role of cognition in depression. In P. C. Kendall &
K. S. Dobson (Eds.), Psychopathology and cognition, pp. 83-119. Orlando, FL: Academic
Press.
Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., & Evans, M. D. (1990). Combined cognitive therapy and
pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depression. In D. Manning and A. Frances (Eds.),
Combination drug and psychotherapy in depression. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric
Press.
Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1990). Cognitive mediation of relapse
prevention following treatment for depression: Implications of differential risk. In R. E.
Ingram (Ed.), Psychological aspects of depression (pp. 117-136). New York: Plenum Press.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Beck, A. T. (1988). Cognitive therapy. In K. S. Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of
cognitive-behavioral therapies. New York: Guilford.
Hollon, S. D., Evans, M. D., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1988). Preventing relapse following treatment
for depression: The cognitive pharmacotherapy project. In T. M. Field, P. M. McCabe, & N.
Schneiderman (Eds.), Stress and coping across development, pp. 227-243. Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon, S. D. (1981). Behavioral treatment of the affective disorders. In L.
Michelson, M. Hersen, & S. M. Turner (Eds.), Future perspectives in behavior therapy. New
York: Plenum Press.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
DeRubeis, R. J. (2014, March). Cognitive Therapy and Medication in the Prevention of
Recurrence in Depression, in Symposium at the Anxiety Depression Association of America
conference, Chicago, IL.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2013, November). Some Patients Reveal More Than Others, and Some Groups
of Therapists Less, About What Matters in Psychotherapy. Presented at the 47th Annual
Convention of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Nashville,
TN.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2013, November). Translate Research Findings Into Actionable
Recommendations: A New Method and Its Initial Application in the Penn-Vandy Study.
Presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive
Therapies (ABCT), Nashville, TN.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2013, September). Novel methods for identifying and utilizing moderator
variables to improve clinical outcomes. Presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the
European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Marrakesh,
Morocco.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2013, September). Keynote address, Maastricht Symposium on Evidence-based
psychotherapy for depression: New findings, insights and developments, Maastricht
University, The Netherlands.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2013, May). Exploiting Moderators and Mediators of Response and Relapse in
RCTs. The 8th Workshop Congress for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Trier,
Germany.
DeRubeis, R. J., Cohen, Z. D., Forand, N. R., Gelfand, L., Luaces, L., Fournier, J. C.& Strunk, D.
(2012, November). Using moderators to improve clinical outcomes. Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. National Harbor, MD.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2012, October). Mechanisms of change in the treatment of depression. NIH
Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Pasteur’s Quadrant.Washington, D.C.
DeRubeis, R. J., Cohen, Z., Forand, N., Gelfand, L., Luaces, L., Fournier, J., & Strunk, D. (2012,
June). Using moderators to improve clinical outcomes. North American Society for
Psychotherapy Research, Virginia Beach, USA.
DeRubeis, R. J., Fawcett, J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Zajecka, J. M., &
Gallop, R. (2008, June). Promotion of recovery and prevention of recurrence in chronic and
recurrent depression with cognitive therapy and antidepressant medications. In Robin Jarrett
(Chair), Current psychotherapy research on depression: Panel I. Annual Meeting of the Society
for Psychotherapy Research, Barcelona, Spain.
DeRubeis, R. J., Tang, T. Z., Strunk, D. R., & Webb, C. (2008, November). The process of
change in cognitive therapy for depression: From procedures to mechanisms to outcomes.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
DeRubeis, R. J. (2007, June). I can sense us coming to a consensus, and other wishes. Invited
plenary address, Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Madison,
Wisconsin.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2007, July). Evidence-based cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies:
Rrecent findings and future challenges. Invited address, 115th Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2006, June). Study design and outcome findings. In R. J. DeRubeis (Chair),
Cognitive therapy, medications, and the treatment of depression: Investigations of outcome,
process, moderation, and mediation. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the
Society for Psychotherapy Research, Edinburgh.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2006, July). The efficacy of cognitive therapy for depression relative to
medications and its mechanisms. Keynote address to the 26th International Congress of
Applied Psychology. Athens, Greece.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Gelfand, L. A. (2004, June). Testing mediation and moderation in clinical
trials. Paper presented in the plenary session of the annual meeting of the Society for
Psychotherapy Research, Rome.
DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., O'Reardon, J. P., & Young, P. R. (2004, July). Cognitive
therapy versus medications: Acute treatment of severe depression. In S. D. Hollon (Chair),
Cognitive therapy versus medications: Treatment and prevention of severe depression.
Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Honolulu.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2004, November,). Empirically Supported Relationships. Plenary session,
North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Springdale, Utah.
DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Hollon, S. D. (November, 2004). Cognitive
therapy versus medications for moderate to severe depression: Who responds and who
relapses. In S. W. Stirman (Chair), Comorbidity and the randomized clinical trial: Issues
related to randomization, treatment, and outcome. Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2003, November). Mediation of change: Methodological considerations. In D.
Strunk (Chair), Testing mediation and moderation in clinical trials. Symposium conducted at
the meetings of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2002, May). Moving cognitive therapy from the research clinic to general
psychiatric practice. In J. C. Perry (Chair), Psychotherapy research: Challenges for the 21st
century. Symposium presented at the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, Philadelphia.
DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., O’Reardon, J. P., & Young, P. R. (2002, May). Cognitive
therapy vs medications for severe depression: Study design and rationale. In J. Fawcett
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(Chair), Cognitive therapy vs. medications for severe depression: Acute response and relapse
prevention. Symposium presented at the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, Philadelphia.
DeRubeis, R. J., & Amsterdam, J. D. (2002, June). Acute effects of cognitive therapy,
pharmacotherapy, and placebo in severely depressed outpatients. In R. J. DeRubeis (Chair),
Cognitive therapy versus medications in the treatment of severely depressed outpatients:
Processes and outcomes. Symposium presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for
Psychotherapy Research, Santa Barbara.
Stirman, S. W. & DeRubeis, R. J. (2002, June). Moving cognitive therapy from the research
clinic to general mental health practice. In J. C. Perry (Chair), Some challenges for
psychotherapy research in the 21st Century. Symposium presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting
of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Santa Barbara.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2001, July). Acute effects of cognitive therapy, pharmacotherapy, and placebo
in severely depressed outpatients. In D. M. Clark (Chair), Cognitive therapy versus
medications in the treatment of severely depressed outpatients: Acute response and the
prevention of relapse. Symposium held at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies, Vancouver, Canada.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2001, November). Acute effects of cognitive therapy, pharmacotherapy, and
placebo in severely depressed outpatients. In G. T. Wilson (Chair), Cognitive therapy versus
medications in the treatment of severely depressed outpatients: Acute response and the
prevention of relapse. Symposium held at the 35th Annual Convention of the Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2000, March). The processes and outcomes of cognitive therapy for depression.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association,
Washington, D.C.
DeRubeis, R. J. (2000, June). Kinds of efficacy and process findings, and how they inform the
specificity debate. In W. B. Stiles (Chair), What works in therapy? Revisiting equivalence in
the era of empirically supported treatments. Symposium held at the 31st annual meeting of the
Society For Psychotherapy Research, Bloomingdale, Illinois.
DeRubeis, R. J., Gelfand, L. A., Tang, T. Z., Feeley, M., & Simons, A. D. (1999, November).
Challenges to neoconventional wisdom about cognitive therapy for depression. In M. A.
Whisman (Chair), Recent advances in cognitive therapy for depression. Symposium, 33rd
Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto.
DeRubeis, R. J., Seligman, M. E. P., Schulman, P. E., Reivich, K., & Hollon, S. D. (1998,
August). Cognitive behavioral training seminar in the prevention of depression and anxiety in
college students. In W. E. Craighead (Chair), Major depression among college students: The
real thing. Symposium held at the 106th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
DeRubeis, R. J. (1997, February). Cognitive therapy for depression: Who, when, where and why?
Presented at the 17th Annual Conference on Stress and Coping, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Florida.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1997, March). Cognitive therapy for depression: Who, when, where and why?
Colloquium presented to the Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1997, May). Cognitive therapy is as effective as medications for severe
depression: A mega-analysis. In S. Mineka, (Chair), Contemporary psychosocial approaches
to depression and its treatment. Symposium held at the annual convention of the American
Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
DeRubeis, R. J., Tang, T., & Gelfand, L. A. (1997, November). Cognitive therapy is as effective
as pharmacotherapy for severe depression. In R. Jarrett (Chair), Cognitive-behavioral therapy
for depression: broadening the indications with empirical support. Symposium held at the 31st
Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami
Beach, FL.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1996, June). Putting the TDCRP findings in perspective: An across study
analysis of cognitive therapy in severe depression. Paper presented in the plenary session of
the Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Amelia Island, Florida.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1995, July). The process of cognitive therapy in the prevention of
relapse/recurrence in depression. In I. Blackburn, (Chair), Prevention of Relapse/Recurrence
of Depression. Symposium held at the First World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive
Therapies, Copenhagen, Denmark.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1995, July). Determinants of change in cognitive therapy of depression. In R. J.
DeRubeis, (Chair), Effective Ingredients in Cognitive Therapy of Depression. Symposium
held at the First World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1994, February). Prediction of response to treatments for depression: Methods
and findings. In J. Samson, (Chair), Recent Findings in Cognitive Therapy. Symposium held
at the meeting of the North American Society of Psychotherapy Research, Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1992, November). Thinking about cognition in cognitive therapy: A
commentary. Presented in B. A. Alford (Chair), Is Cognitive Therapy Really Cognitive?
Symposium held at the 26th annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1991, August). The change process in cognitive therapy: Schema change or skill
acquisition? In J. B. Persons (Chair), Processes of Change in Cognitive Therapy for
Depression. Symposium held at the annual convention of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, California.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
DeRubeis, R. J., & Feeley, M. (1989, June). Determinants of change in cognitive therapy for
depression. Paper presented at the First World Congress of Cognitive Therapy, Oxford,
England.
DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., & Evans, M. D. (1989, June). Cognitive therapy, imipramine and
their combination in the treatment of depression: Findings from the CPT Project. Paper
presented at the First World Congress of Cognitive Therapy, Oxford, England.
DeRubeis, R. J. (1989, November). Tests of models of change in cognitive therapy of depression.
Presented in N. Jacobson (Chair), Understanding the Process of Change in Cognitive Therapy
of Depression. Symposium held at the 23rd annual convention of the Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
DeRubeis, R. J., Feeley, M., & Barber, J. P. (1988, June). Facilitative conditions, adherence,
client cooperation and helping alliance in cognitive therapy of depression. In R. J. DeRubeis
(Chair), The role of the helping alliance and other process variables in cognitive therapy.
Panel conducted at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
DeRubeis, R. J., Feeley, M., & Barber, J. P. (1987, November). Determinants of change in
cognitive therapy for depression. In N. Jacobson (Chair), Cognitive behavioral treatments for
depression: New developments in clinical research. Symposium conducted at the meetings of
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DOCTORAL ADVISEES, WITH DATE OF PH.D AND CURRENT POSITION:
Jacques P. Barber, 1989, Professor of Psychology and Dean, the Derner Institute of Advanced
Psychological Studies, Adelphi University
Donald Ernst, 1990, Professor of Psychology, Hillsdale College
Carol Culp, 1991, Psychologist, Ocean City, MD
W. Michael Feeley, 1993, Psychologist, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
Ruby Ackermann Engel, 1993, Westchester Chair, Interfaith Community
Eric Zorrilla, 1996, Associate Professor, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders,
The Scripps Research Institute
Michael Detke, 1998, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Medical Director, Ely Lilly Research Laboratories
John P. Vuchetich, 1998, M.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Tony Z. Tang, 2000, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University
Daniel R. Strunk, 2004, Associate Professor of Psychology, The Ohio State University
Melissa Brotman, 2004, Staff Scientist, Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Emotion and
Development Branch, NIMH
Lois Gelfand, 2004, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Alvarez, 2005, Clinical Psychologist, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health
Care System
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, 2005, Staff Research Psychologist, National Center for PTSD
(Women's Health Sciences Division) and VA Boston Healthcare System; Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, Boston University
Paul M. Grant, 2007, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Yan Leykin, 2008, Assistant Professor, University of California – San Francisco School of
Medicine
Carly Gibbons, 2008, Associate Director, Adelphi Research
Ronald Noble, 2008, Psychologist, Philadelphia
Jay C. Fournier, 2010, Assistant Professor, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics
Christian A. Webb, 2012, Postdoctoral fellow, McLean Hospital & Harvard Medical School
POST-DOCTORAL ADVISEES:
Nicholas R. Forand, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Health, The Ohio State University
Ramaris E. German, Research Associate, Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center,
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Colin Xu, M. A. (2nd year graduate student)
John Keefe, M.A. (Ph.D. candidate)
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, M.A. (Ph.D. candidate, on internship at Brown University Medical
Center)
Zachary Cohen M. A. (Ph.D. candidate)