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Helen Verdeli is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology and social psychology. Verdeli's work spans several subfields, including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics that Verdeli has explored include mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, attachment and relationship dynamics, posttraumatic stress disorder research, resilience and mental health, and child abuse and trauma.

Among Verdeli's recent publications are the following papers:

  • A Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Mental Health and Well-Being of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Germany, 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Development of a comprehensive, sustained community mental health system in post-earthquake Haiti, 2010-2019, 2020, Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence: Randomized controlled trial, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Culturally and developmentally adapting group interpersonal therapy for adolescents with depression in rural Nepal, 2020, BMC Psychology
  • A cross-cultural interpersonal model of adolescent depression: A qualitative study in rural Nepal, 2020, Social Science & Medicine

Verdeli frequently publishes in journals such as Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, American Journal of Psychotherapy, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Frontiers in Public Health, and Conflict and Health.

Collaborations have been a significant part of Verdeli's research output. Frequent co-authors include Cheryl Yunn Shee Foo, Kelly Rose-Clarke, Srishti Sardana, Indira Pradhan, and Nagendra P. Luitel.

Best Publications

  • Offspring of depressed parents: 20 years later.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;M.P.H. Virginia Warner

  • Effectiveness of an intervention led by lay health counsellors for depressive and anxiety disorders in primary care in Goa, India (MANAS): a cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Vikram Patel;Helen A Weiss;Neerja Chowdhary;Smita Naik

  • Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural Uganda: a randomized controlled trial.

    Paul Bolton;Judith Bass;Richard Neugebauer;Helen Verdeli

  • Brief screening for family psychiatric history: the family history screen.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Philip Adams;Susan Wolk

  • Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Paul Bolton;Judith Bass;Theresa Betancourt;Liesbeth Speelman

  • National survey of psychotherapy training in psychiatry, psychology, and social work

    Myrna M. Weissman;Helen Verdeli;Marc J. Gameroff;Sarah E. Bledsoe

  • Families at high and low risk for depression: a 3-generation study.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;Virginia Warner

  • Improving access to psychological treatments: Lessons from developing countries

    Vikram Patel;Neerja Chowdhary;Atif Rahman;Helen Verdeli

  • The methods and outcomes of cultural adaptations of psychological treatments for depressive disorders: a systematic review.

    N Chowdhary;A T Jotheeswaran;A Nadkarni;S D Hollon

  • Offspring of Depressed Parents: 30 Years Later

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Marc J. Gameroff;Virginia Warner

  • A systematic review of research findings on the efficacy of interpersonal therapy for depressive disorders

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  • Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months

    Vikram Patel;Helen A. Weiss;Neerja Chowdhary;Smita Naik

  • Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural Uganda: 6-Month outcomes: Randomised controlled trial

    Judith Bass;Richard Neugebauer;Richard Neugebauer;Kathleen F. Clougherty;Helen Verdeli

  • Adapting group interpersonal psychotherapy for a developing country: experience in rural Uganda.

    Helen Verdeli;Kathleen Clougherty;Paul Bolton;Liesbeth Speelman

  • The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation.

    Neerja Chowdhary;Arpita Anand;Sona Dimidjian;Sachin Shinde

  • The case for treating depression in military spouses.

    Helen Verdeli;Charles Baily;Eleni Vousoura;Alexander Belser

  • A Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Mental Health and Well-Being of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Germany.

    Vivien L Hajak;Srishti Sardana;Helen Verdeli;Simone Grimm

  • Internally displaced "victims of armed conflict" in Colombia: the trajectory and trauma signature of forced migration

    James M. Shultz;Dana Rose Garfin;Zelde Espinel;Ricardo Araya

  • Integrating evidence-based treatments for common mental disorders in routine primary care: feasibility and acceptability of the MANAS intervention in Goa, India.

    Sudipto Chatterjee;Neerja Chowdhary;Sulochana Pednekar;Alex Cohen

  • Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda

    Paul Bolton;Richard Neugebauer;Helen Verdeli;Kathleen F. Clougherty

  • Offspring of Depressed Parents: 30 Years Later.

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  • Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Youth in IDP Camps in Northern Uganda: Adaptation and Training

    Helen Verdeli;Kathleen Clougherty;Grace Onyango;Eric Lewandowski

  • Psychopathology in children of parents with opiate dependence and/or major depression.

    Edward V. Nunes;Myrna M. Weissman;Rise B. Goldstein;Gail McAVAY

  • Risk/protective factors among addicted mothers' offspring : A replication study

    Myrna M. Weissman;Gail McAvay;Rise B. Goldstein;Edward V. Nunes

Frequent Co-Authors

Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Priya Wickramaratne
Priya Wickramaratne Columbia University
Judith K. Bass
Judith K. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Yuval Neria
Yuval Neria Columbia University
Laura Mufson
Laura Mufson Columbia University
Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Marc J. Gameroff
Marc J. Gameroff Columbia University
Cheryl A. King
Cheryl A. King University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Carroll W. Hughes
Carroll W. Hughes The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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