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Overview

Alishia D. Williams is primarily affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research interests are situated at the intersection of psychology and medicine, with a focus on mental health and digital interventions.

Their work spans several main fields of study:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these areas, Williams has contributed to multiple subfields, including:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Williams has authored or contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Psychological factors for the onset of depression: a meta-analysis of prospective studies, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Preventive Cognitive Therapy With Antidepressant Discontinuation During Pregnancy, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Personalized cognitive training: Protocol for individual-level meta-analysis implementing machine learning methods, 2021, Journal of Psychiatric Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Christopher G. Beevers
  • Per Carlbring
  • Pim Cuijpers
  • Marlies E. Brouwer
  • Claudi Bockting

The venues in which Williams frequently publishes are:

  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • BMJ Open
  • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Overall, Alishia D. Williams's scientific contributions provide insight into cognitive behavioral therapies, mental health treatment customization, and the implementation of technology-driven interventions, particularly in relation to depression, pregnancy-related mental health, and adolescent development.

Best Publications

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Network Meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Orestis Efthimiou;Orestis Efthimiou;Clara Miguel;Clara Miguel;Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl

  • CBT for depression: a pilot RCT comparing mobile phone vs. computer

    Sarah Watts;Anna Mackenzie;Cherian Thomas;Al Griskaitis

  • Prospective biomarkers of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mitzy Kennis;Lotte Gerritsen;Marije van Dalen;Alishia Williams;Alishia Williams

  • Do guided internet-based interventions result in clinically relevant changes for patients with depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;David Daniel Ebert;Liesje Donkin;Heleen Riper

  • Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data.

    Toshi A. Furukawa;Aya Suganuma;Edoardo G. Ostinelli;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • Deficits in emotion regulation associated with pathological gambling

    Alishia D. Williams;Jessica R. Grisham;Alicia Erskine;Eva Cassedy

  • Categorization and cognitive deficits in compulsive hoarding.

    Jessica R. Grisham;Melissa M. Norberg;Alishia D. Williams;Sarah P. Certoma

  • Combining Imagination and Reason in the Treatment of Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Internet-Based Cognitive-Bias Modification and Internet-CBT for Depression

    Alishia D. Williams;Simon E. Blackwell;Anna Mackenzie;Emily A. Holmes

  • Cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories: Recall vantage perspective and associations with depression

    Alishia D. Williams;Michelle L. Moulds

  • Internet cognitive behavioural therapy for mixed anxiety and depression: a randomized controlled trial and evidence of effectiveness in primary care.

    J. M. Newby;A. Mackenzie;A. D. Williams;K. McIntyre

  • The Effectiveness of Internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) for Depression in Primary Care: A Quality Assurance Study

    Alishia D Williams;Gavin Andrews;Gavin Andrews

  • Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, and Mindful Attentional Focus in Compulsive Buying

    Alishia D. Williams;Alishia D. Williams;Jessica R. Grisham

  • An investigation of the cognitive and experiential features of intrusive memories in depression.

    Alishia D Williams;Michelle L Moulds

  • Internet Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Kathleen A O'moore;Jill M Newby;Gavin Andrews;David J Hunter

  • Effectiveness of transdiagnostic Internet cognitive behavioural treatment for mixed anxiety and depression in primary care.

    Jill M. Newby;Louise Mewton;Alishia D. Williams;Gavin Andrews

  • Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT): a randomized controlled trial.

    Alishia D. Williams;Alishia D. Williams;Kathleen O’Moore;Simon E. Blackwell;Jessica Smith

  • The impact of psychological distress tolerance in the treatment of depression

    Alishia D. Williams;Jessica Thompson;Gavin Andrews;Gavin Andrews

  • Up-scaling clinician assisted internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for depression: A model for dissemination into primary care.

    Gavin Andrews;Alishia D Williams

  • An Investigation of the Relationship Between Cognitive Reactivity and Rumination

    Michelle L. Moulds;Eva Kandris;Alishia D. Williams;Tamara Lang

  • Reductions in negative repetitive thinking and metacognitive beliefs during transdiagnostic internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for mixed anxiety and depression.

    Jill M. Newby;Alishia D. Williams;Gavin Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Jessica R. Grisham
Jessica R. Grisham University of New South Wales
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales
Jill M. Newby
Jill M. Newby University of New South Wales
Claudi L H Bockting
Claudi L H Bockting University of Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Viktor Kaldo
Viktor Kaldo Karolinska Institute
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Huibert Burger
Huibert Burger University Medical Center Groningen

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