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Overview

Judith K. Bass is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Psychology and Health Professions, with notable contributions in Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology. Additional subfields addressed include Health and Gender Studies.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Sarah M. Murray, Paul Bolton, Wietse A. Tol, Luke R. Aldridge, and Rashelle J. Musci. Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, Research Square, Journal of Adolescent Health, Conflict and Health, and AIDS and Behavior.

Recent publications include:

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementation of evidence-based task-sharing mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review using implementation science frameworks (2022) - Implementation Science
  • Expanding mental health services in low- and middle-income countries: A task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care (2023) - Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • A randomized-controlled trial of community-based transdiagnostic psychotherapy for veterans and internally displaced persons in Ukraine (2021) - Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Experiences of mental health and functioning among conflict-affected populations: A qualitative study with military veterans and displaced persons in Ukraine (2021) - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Psychometric performance of the Mental Health Implementation Science Tools (mhIST) across six low- and middle-income countries (2022) - Implementation Science Communications

Best Publications

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

    Paul Bolton;Judith Bass;Richard Neugebauer;Helen Verdeli

  • 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

  • Controlled trial of psychotherapy for Congolese survivors of sexual violence

    Judith K. Bass;Jeannie Annan;Sarah Mc Ivor Murray;Debra Kaysen

  • Depression, Alcohol Use and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

    Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu;Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu;Judith K. Bass;Pierre Alexandre;Edward J. Mills

  • Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: an apprenticeship model for training local providers

    Laura K. Murray;Shannon Dorsey;Paul Bolton;Mark J. D. Jordans

  • A transdiagnostic community-based mental health treatment for comorbid disorders: development and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial among Burmese refugees in Thailand.

    Paul Bolton;Catherine Lee;Emily E. Haroz;Laura Murray

  • How is depression experienced around the world? A systematic review of qualitative literature

    E E Haroz;M Ritchey;Judith K Bass;Brandon A Kohrt

  • “Thinking too much”: A systematic review of a common idiom of distress

    Bonnie N. Kaiser;Bonnie N. Kaiser;Emily E. Haroz;Brandon A. Kohrt;Paul A. Bolton

  • 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

  • Barriers to acceptance and adherence of antiretroviral therapy in urban Zambian women: a qualitative study.

    Laura K. Murray;Katherine Semrau;Ellen McCurley;Donald M. Thea

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

    Helen Verdeli;Kathleen Clougherty;Paul Bolton;Liesbeth Speelman

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementation of evidence-based task-sharing mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review using implementation science frameworks

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  • Community-based mental health treatments for survivors of torture and militant attacks in Southern Iraq: a randomized control trial.

    William M. Weiss;Laura K. Murray;Goran Abdulla Sabir Zangana;Zayan Mahmooth

  • The effectiveness of psychological first aid as a disaster intervention tool: research analysis of peer-reviewed literature from 1990-2010.

    Jeffrey H. Fox;Frederick M. Burkle;Judith Bass;Francesco A. Pia

  • Do not forget culture when studying mental health.

    Judith K Bass;Paul A Bolton;Laura K Murray

  • Adolescent Resilience in Northern Uganda: The Role of Social Support and Prosocial Behavior in Reducing Mental Health Problems

    Emily E. Haroz;Laura K. Murray;Paul Bolton;Theresa Betancourt

  • Assessing local instrument reliability and validity: a field-based example from northern Uganda

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Judith Bass;Ivelina Borisova;Richard Neugebauer

  • An evaluation of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children in Zambia

    Laura K. Murray;Itziar Familiar;Stephanie Skavenski;Elizabeth Jere

  • The need for a comprehensive public health approach to preventing child sexual abuse.

    Elizabeth J. Letourneau;William W. Eaton;Judith Bass;Frederick S. Berlin

  • Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: Rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM

    C. Lund;A. Alem;M. Schneider;Charlotte Hanlon

  • Post-partum depression in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: validation of a concept using a mixed-methods cross-cultural approach.

    Judith K. Bass;Robert W. Ryder;Marie‐Christine Lammers;Thibaut N. Mukaba

  • Mental, neurological, and substance use problems among refugees in primary health care: analysis of the Health Information System in 90 refugee camps

    Jeremy C Kane;Peter Ventevogel;Paul Spiegel;Judith K Bass

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Boivin
Michael J. Boivin Michigan State University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Catherine P. Bradshaw
Catherine P. Bradshaw University of Virginia
Helen Verdeli
Helen Verdeli Columbia University
Shannon Dorsey
Shannon Dorsey University of Washington
Debra Kaysen
Debra Kaysen Stanford University
Amy R. Knowlton
Amy R. Knowlton Johns Hopkins University
Judith A. Cohen
Judith A. Cohen Allegheny General Hospital
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Ashraf Kagee
Ashraf Kagee Stellenbosch University

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