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Netherlands
2025

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Psychology

D-Index
92
Citations
33076
World Ranking
879
National Ranking
48

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  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Annemieke van Straten is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research centers primarily on psychology, with an emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Their scholarly work includes contributions to applied psychology and psychiatry and mental health fields.

The main topics van Straten covers include sleep and related disorders, sleep and wakefulness research, and digital mental health interventions. Other notable areas of research are child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research topics, mental health treatment and access, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Van Straten has published multiple papers in prominent venues. Some recent publications include:

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023, 2023, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with mental disorders and comorbid insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • 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
  • Stigma for common mental disorders in racial minorities and majorities a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, BMC Public Health

Their frequent co-authors include Pim Cuijpers, Heleen Riper, Jaap Lancee, Tanja van der Zweerde, and Eirini Karyotaki. These collaborations indicate a focused network around mental health and psychological treatment research.

Van Straten's work is documented in several publication venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Trials, BMC Psychiatry, Internet Interventions, and Research Square. This suggests a broad dissemination of research outputs within psychological and medical fields.

Best Publications

  • Psychotherapy for depression in adults: a meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies.

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Gerhard Andersson;Patricia van Oppen

  • Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Lisanne Warmerdam

  • Is guided self-help as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy for depression and anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies.

    P Cuijpers;T Donker;A van Straten;J Li

  • Depression and obesity: a meta-analysis of community-based studies.

    Leonore de Wit;Floriana Luppino;Annemieke van Straten;Brenda Penninx

  • Prevalence of depression in cancer patients: a meta‐analysis of diagnostic interviews and self‐report instruments

    A M H Krebber;L M Buffart;G Kleijn;I C Riepma

  • 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

  • Internet-administered cognitive behavior therapy for health problems: a systematic review

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • The effects of psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size

    P. Cuijpers;A. van Straten;Ernst Thomas Bohlmeijer;S.D. Hollon

  • Cognitive and behavioral therapies in the treatment of insomnia: A meta-analysis

    Annemieke van Straten;Tanja van der Zweerde;Annet Kleiboer;Pim Cuijpers

  • Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression: a meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Anna S. Geraedts;Patricia van Oppen;Gerhard Andersson

  • Behavioural activation for depression; an update of meta-analysis of effectiveness and sub group analysis.

    David Ekers;Lisa Webster;Annemieke Van Straten;Pim Cuijpers

  • Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Filip Smit;Cathrine Mihalopoulos

  • The effects of psychotherapies for major depression in adults on remission, recovery and improvement: A meta-analysis

    Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Erica Weitz;Erica Weitz;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023

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  • Computer-aided psychotherapy for anxiety disorders: a meta-analytic review

    Pim Cuijpers;Isaac M. Marks;Annemieke van Straten;Kate Cavanagh

  • Depression and body mass index, a u-shaped association

    Leonore M de Wit;Annemieke van Straten;Marieke van Herten;Brenda W J H Penninx

  • Adherence to Internet-Based and Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression: A Meta-Analysis

    Wouter van Ballegooijen;Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Eirini Karyotaki

  • Psychological treatment of depression: results of a series of meta-analyses.

    Pim Cuijpers;Gerhard Andersson;Tara Donker;Annemieke van Straten

  • Psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis.

    C. Acarturk;P. Cuijpers;A. van Straten;R. de Graaf

  • Psychotherapy for chronic major depression and dysthymia: A meta-analysis

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Josien Schuurmans;Patricia van Oppen

  • Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Help Intervention for Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Annemieke van Straten;Pim Cuijpers;Niels Smits

  • Problem solving therapies for depression: A meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Lisanne Warmerdam

Frequent Co-Authors

Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Jaap Lancee
Jaap Lancee University of Amsterdam
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eus J.W. Van Someren
Eus J.W. Van Someren Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Judith E. Bosmans
Judith E. Bosmans Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Viktor Kaldo
Viktor Kaldo Karolinska Institute

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