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  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2000 - APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association

Overview

David H. Barlow is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on both experimental and clinical psychology. Their research spans various subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and epidemiology.

The main research topics covered by Barlow include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. They have also worked in mental health research topics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, personality disorders and psychopathology, digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, as well as mindfulness and compassion interventions.

Barlow's publication record features articles in several notable journals. Recent papers include:

  • The unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • Does the unified protocol really change neuroticism? Results from a randomized trial, 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • Neuroticism and Disorders of Emotion: A New Synthesis, 2021, Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Effectiveness of the Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in group format in Spain: Results from a randomized controlled trial with 6-months follow-up, 2021, Psychotherapy Research
  • The Nature, Timing, and Symptom Trajectories of Dropout From Transdiagnostic and Single-Diagnosis Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders, 2021, Behavior Therapy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barlow include:

  • Todd J. Farchione
  • Elizabeth H. Eustis
  • Shannon Sauer-Zavala
  • Andrew J. Curreri
  • Clair Cassiello-Robbins

Barlow has published frequently in journals such as Behavior Therapy, Psychotherapy Research, Psychological Medicine, Cognitive Therapy and Research, and Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

Their book publications include titles released by Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra eBooks in 2023, namely:

  • Protocolo Unificado para o Tratamento Transdiagnóstico das Perturbações Emocionais: Manual de Exercícios
  • Protocolo Unificado para o Tratamento Transdiagnóstico das Perturbações Emocionais: Manual do Terapeuta

Throughout their career, Barlow has received several awards, such as:

  • James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2000
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 2000

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic

    David H. Barlow

  • Single Case Experimental Designs: Strategies for Studying Behavior Change

    David Harrison Barlow;Matthew Nock;Michel Hersen

  • Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in clinical samples

    Timothy A. Brown;Bruce F. Chorpita;William Korotitsch;David H. Barlow

  • Toward a Unified Treatment for Emotional Disorders – Republished Article

    David H Barlow;Laura B Allen;Molly L Choate

  • Toward a unified treatment for emotional disorders

    David H. Barlow;Laura B. Allen;Molly L. Choate

  • The development of anxiety: The role of control in the early environment.

    Bruce F. Chorpita;David H. Barlow

  • Structural relationships among dimensions of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders and dimensions of negative affect, positive affect, and autonomic arousal.

    Timothy A. Brown;Bruce F. Chorpita;David H. Barlow

  • Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach

    David H. Barlow;V. Mark Durand

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy, imipramine, or their combination for panic disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

    David H. Barlow;Jack M. Gorman;M. Katherine Shear;Scott W. Woods

  • Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual

    David H. Barlow

  • Unraveling the mysteries of anxiety and its disorders from the perspective of emotion theory.

    David H. Barlow

  • Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Therapist Guide

    David H. Barlow;Todd J. Farchione;Christopher P. Fairholme;Kristen K. Ellard

  • A modern learning theory perspective on the etiology of panic disorder

    Mark E. Bouton;Susan Mineka;David H. Barlow

  • The Scientist Practitioner: Research and Accountability in Clinical and Educational Settings

    David H. Barlow;Steven C. Hayes;Rosemery O. Nelson

  • Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Workbook

    David H. Barlow;Kristen K. Ellard;Christopher P. Fairholme;Todd J. Farchione

  • Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disorders.

    Laura Campbell-Sills;David H. Barlow;Timothy A. Brown;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association consensus statement on the undertreatment of depression

    Robert M.A. Hirschfeld;Martin B. Keller;Susan Panico;Bernard S. Arons

  • Causes of sexual dysfunction: The role of anxiety and cognitive interference.

    David H. Barlow

  • Multicenter collaborative panic disorder severity scale.

    M. Katherine Shear;Timothy A. Brown;David H. Barlow;Roy Money

  • Psychometric properties of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in a clinical anxiety disorders sample.

    Timothy A. Brown;Martin M. Antony;David H. Barlow

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd J. Farchione
Todd J. Farchione Boston University
Michelle G. Craske
Michelle G. Craske University of California, Los Angeles
Timothy A. Brown
Timothy A. Brown Boston University
Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Shannon Sauer-Zavala University of Kentucky
Stephen Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy University of Oxford
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
M. Katherine Shear
M. Katherine Shear Columbia University
Scott W. Woods
Scott W. Woods Yale University
Jack M. Gorman
Jack M. Gorman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martin M. Antony
Martin M. Antony Toronto Metropolitan University

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