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Dean McMillan publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dean McMillan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Dean McMillan D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dean McMillan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dean McMillan is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and focuses their academic work primarily within the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research contributes notably to subfields such as clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their scholarly output includes studies addressing major topics such as mental health treatment and access, health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, schizophrenia research and treatment, and digital mental health interventions.

McMillan has published extensively in several journals and platforms, with recurrent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • UNC Libraries

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis, 2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
  • Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Are there interactional differences between telephone and face-to-face psychological therapy? A systematic review of comparative studies, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Simon Gilbody
  • Carolyn Chew-Graham
  • Elizabeth Littlewood
  • David Ekers
  • Peter Coventry

Best Publications

  • Optimal cut-off score for diagnosing depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): a meta-analysis

    Laura Manea;Simon Gilbody;Dean McMillan

  • Screening for anxiety disorders with the GAD-7 and GAD-2: a systematic review and diagnostic metaanalysis☆

    Faye Plummer;Laura Manea;Dominic Trepel;Dean McMillan

  • A diagnostic meta-analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) algorithm scoring method as a screen for depression

    Laura Manea;Simon Gilbody;Dean McMillan

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

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  • Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

    David A Richards;David Ekers;Dean McMillan;Rod S. Taylor

  • Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Brooke Levis;Ying Sun;Chen He;Yin Wu;Yin Wu

  • Development of sexually abusive behaviour in sexually victimised males: a longitudinal study

    Daniel Salter;Dean McMillan;Mark Richards;Tiffany Talbot

  • The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: A diagnostic meta-analysis of case-finding ability

    Cathy Brennan;Anne Worrall-Davies;Dean McMillan;Simon Gilbody

  • Screening and case finding for major depressive disorder using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): a meta-analysis.

    Andrew Stephen Moriarty;Simon Gilbody;Dean McMillan;Laura Manea

  • 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

  • Equivalency of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

    Yin Wu;Brooke Levis;Kira E. Riehm;Nazanin Saadat

  • Can we predict suicide and non-fatal self-harm with the Beck Hopelessness Scale? A meta-analysis

    Dean McMILLAN;Simon Gilbody;Emma Beresford;Liz Neilly

  • Behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial

    David Ekers;David Richards;Dean McMillan;J. Martin Bland

  • Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: systematic review and component network meta-analysis

    Peter Coventry;Nick Meader;Hollie Anne Melton;Melanie Temple

  • 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

  • Fathers’ views and experiences of their own mental health during pregnancy and the first postnatal year: a qualitative interview study of men participating in the UK Born and Bred in Yorkshire (BaBY) cohort

    Zoe Darwin;Paul Michael Galdas;Sharron Hinchliff;Elizabeth Ann Littlewood

  • Defining successful treatment outcome in depression using the PHQ-9: a comparison of methods.

    Dean McMillan;Simon Gilbody;David Richards

  • Identifying depression with the PHQ-2: A diagnostic meta-analysis.

    Laura Manea;Simon Gilbody;Catherine Hewitt;Alice North

  • The diagnostic accuracy of brief versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Claire Pocklington;Simon Gilbody;Laura Manea;Dean McMillan

  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Andrea Benedetti;John P.A. Ioannidis;Ying Sun

  • Faith-adapted psychological therapies for depression and anxiety: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Naomi Anderson;Suzanne Heywood-Everett;Najma Siddiqi;Judy Wright

  • Risk factors for development of sexually abusive behaviour in sexually victimised adolescent boys: cross sectional study

    David Skuse;Arnon Bentovim;Jill Hodges;Jim Stevenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody University of York
Jaime Delgadillo
Jaime Delgadillo University of Sheffield
Stephen Palmer
Stephen Palmer University of York
David Richards
David Richards University of Bristol
Scott B. Patten
Scott B. Patten University of Calgary
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
Peter A. Coventry
Peter A. Coventry University of York
Peter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth Australian National University

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