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Overview

Blake F. Dear is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. Their work focuses on various aspects of digital mental health and pain management, with numerous publications in leading academic venues.

Their research spans several main fields:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Dear has specialized in subfields such as:

  • Applied Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Pharmacology

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Dear has published notable papers such as:

  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services (2020, Pain)
  • Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components (2020, Internet Interventions)
  • User characteristics and outcomes from a national digital mental health service: an observational study of registrants of the Australian MindSpot Clinic (2020, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • Rapid report: Early demand, profiles and concerns of mental health users during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (2020, Internet Interventions)
  • Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioural based interventions for adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2022, Pain)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Nickolai Titov
  • Eyal Karin
  • Madelyne A. Bisby
  • Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos
  • Lauren Staples

Blake F. Dear's work has appeared prominently in publication venues such as:

  • Internet Interventions
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Pain
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Best Publications

  • Multimorbidity and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jennifer R. Read;Louise Sharpe;Matthew Modini;Blake F. Dear

  • Internet-delivered psychological treatments: from innovation to implementation

    Gerhard Andersson;Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Alexander Rozental

  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services.

    Christopher Eccleston;Fiona M. Blyth;Blake F. Dear;Emma A. Fisher

  • Psychometric Comparison of the PHQ-9 and BDI-II for Measuring Response during Treatment of Depression

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F Dear;Dean McMillan;Tracy Anderson

  • Transdiagnostic internet treatment for anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Genevieve Schwencke;Gavin Andrews

  • Psychometric properties and clinical utility of brief measures of depression, anxiety, and general distress: The PHQ-2, GAD-2, and K-6

    Lauren G. Staples;Blake F. Dear;Milena Gandy;Vincent Fogliati

  • Improving Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Self-Guided Internet Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: Randomised Controlled Trial

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Luke Johnston;Carolyn Lorian

  • ICBT in routine care: A descriptive analysis of successful clinics in five countries.

    Nickolai Titov;Blake Dear;Olav Nielssen;Lauren Staples

  • Psychometric Comparison of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Measuring Response during Treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder

    Blake F Dear;Nickolai Titov;Matthew Sunderland;Dean McMillan

  • Clinical and cost-effectiveness of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for older adults with symptoms of anxiety: a randomized controlled trial

    Blake F. Dear;Judy B. Zou;Shehzad Ali;Carolyn N. Lorian

  • Transdiagnostic versus disorder-specific and clinician-guided versus self-guided internet-delivered treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid disorders: A randomized controlled trial

    B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides;E. Karin

  • The Pain Course: a randomised controlled trial of a clinician-guided Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy program for managing chronic pain and emotional well-being.

    Blake F. Dear;Nick Titov;Kathryn Nicholson Perry;Luke Johnston

  • MindSpot Clinic: An Accessible, Efficient, and Effective Online Treatment Service for Anxiety and Depression.

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Lauren G. Staples;James Bennett-Levy

  • Culturally attuned internet treatment for depression amongst Chinese Australians : a randomised controlled trial

    Isabella Choi;Judy Zou;Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear

  • Disorder-specific versus transdiagnostic and clinician-guided versus self-guided treatment for major depressive disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial.

    N. Titov;B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides

  • The Pain Course: a randomised controlled trial examining an internet-delivered pain management program when provided with different levels of clinician support.

    Blake F. Dear;Milena Gandy;Eyal Karin;Lauren G. Staples

  • Randomized controlled trial of Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Jay Spence;Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Luke Johnston

  • A RCT of a transdiagnostic internet-delivered treatment for three anxiety disorders: examination of support roles and disorder-specific outcomes.

    Luke Johnston;Nickolai Titov;Gavin Andrews;Jay Spence

  • The first 30 months of the MindSpot Clinic: Evaluation of a national e-mental health service against project objectives:

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F Dear;Lauren G Staples;James Bennett-Levy

  • Towards a new model of attentional biases in the development, maintenance, and management of pain.

    Jemma Todd;Louise Sharpe;Ameika Johnson;Kathryn Nicholson Perry

  • Is there a potential role for attention bias modification in pain patients? Results of 2 randomised, controlled trials.

    Louise Sharpe;Melissa Ianiello;Blake F Dear;Kathryn Nicholson Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Nickolai Titov
Nickolai Titov Macquarie University
Milena Gandy
Milena Gandy Macquarie University
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos University of Regina
Louise Sharpe
Louise Sharpe University of Sydney
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Peter M. McEvoy
Peter M. McEvoy Curtin University
Britt Klein
Britt Klein Federation University Australia
Matthew Sunderland
Matthew Sunderland University of Sydney

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