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Marcus J.H. Huibers is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. The scope of their work also extends into pharmacology, applied psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple areas within the broader domain of mental health and psychotherapy research. Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Marcus J.H. Huibers has been involved in several peer-reviewed papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression," 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "The effects of once- versus twice-weekly sessions on psychotherapy outcomes in depressed patients," 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "On the Road to Personalized Psychotherapy: A Research Agenda Based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression," 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Treatment efficacy and effectiveness in adults with major depressive disorder and childhood trauma history: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry

Their work has been published frequently in journals such as Frontiers in Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychotherapy, BMC Psychiatry, Behaviour Research and Therapy, and The Lancet Psychiatry.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marcus J.H. Huibers include:

  • Lotte H.J.M. Lemmens
  • Pim Cuijpers
  • Frenk Peeters
  • Sanne J. E. Bruijniks
  • Suzanne C. van Bronswijk

Best Publications

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Network Meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Orestis Efthimiou;Orestis Efthimiou;Clara Miguel;Clara Miguel;Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl

  • Efficacy of self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of depressive symptoms a meta-analysis of individual participant data

    Eirini Karyotaki;Heleen Riper;Jos W. Twisk;Adriaan Hoogendoorn

  • The Role of Common Factors in Psychotherapy Outcomes

    Pim Cuijpers;Mirjam Reijnders;Marcus J.H. Huibers

  • Psychological treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis

    Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Marit Sijbrandij;Sander Koole;Marcus Huibers

  • How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic update of the evidence

    Pim Cuijpers;Ioana A. Cristea;Eirini Karyotaki;Mirjam Reijnders

  • Predictors of treatment dropout in self-guided web-based interventions for depression: an 'individual patient data' meta-analysis

    Eirini Karyotaki;Annet M. Kleiboer;Filip Smit;David Trevor Turner

  • Revealing the dynamic network structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II

    Laura Bringmann;Lotte H Lemmens;Marcus Huibers;Denny Borsboom

  • Efficacy of Self-guided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Depressive Symptoms

    Eirini Karyotaki;Heleen Riper;Jos Twisk;Adriaan Hoogendoorn

  • Influence of initial severity of depression on effectiveness of low intensity interventions: meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Peter Bower;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Alex Sutton;Tony Kendrick

  • Rumination and worrying as possible mediators in the relation between neuroticism and symptoms of depression and anxiety in clinically depressed individuals.

    Jeffrey Roelofs;Marcus Huibers;Frenk Peeters;Arnoud Arntz

  • How much psychotherapy is needed to treat depression? A metaregression analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Marcus Huibers;David Daniel Ebert;David Daniel Ebert;Sander L. Koole

  • Early maladaptive schemas in depressed patients: Stability and relation with depressive symptoms over the course of treatment

    Fritz Renner;Jill Lobbestael;Frenk Peeters;Arnoud Arntz

  • Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data.

    Toshi A. Furukawa;Aya Suganuma;Edoardo G. Ostinelli;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • Measuring Dysfunctional Attitudes in the General Population: The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (form A) Revised.

    L. Esther de Graaf;Jeffrey Roelofs;Marcus J. H. Huibers

  • Clinical effectiveness of online computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy without support for depression in primary care: randomised trial.

    L.E. de Graaf;S.A.H. Gerhards;A.R. Arntz;H. Riper

  • Baseline Depression Severity as Moderator of Depression Outcomes Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Pharmacotherapy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.

    Erica S. Weitz;Steven D. Hollon;Jos Twisk;Annemieke van Straten

  • Common (non-specific) Factors in Psychotherapy.

    M.J.H. Huibers;P. Cuijpers

  • Efficacy of bupropion and nortriptyline for smoking cessation among people at risk for or with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    E. J. Wagena;E. J. Wagena;P. G. Knipschild;M. J. H. Huibers;E. F. M. Wouters

  • Mechanisms of change in psychotherapy for depression: An empirical update and evaluation of research aimed at identifying psychological mediators

    Lotte H J M Lemmens;Viola N L S Müller;Arnoud Arntz;Marcus J H Huibers

  • Combining pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy or monotherapy for major depression? A meta-analysis on the long-term effects.

    E. Karyotaki;Y. Smit;K. Holdt Henningsen;M.J.H. Huibers

  • Effects of neuroticism on depression and anxiety: Rumination as a possible mediator

    Jeffrey Roelofs;Marcus Huibers;Frenk Peeters;Arnoud Arntz

  • Economic evaluation of online computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy without support for depression in primary care: randomised trial.

    S.A.H. Gerhards;L.E. de Graaf;L.E. Jacobs;J.L. Severens

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnoud Arntz
Arnoud Arntz University of Amsterdam
Frenk Peeters
Frenk Peeters Maastricht University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert J. DeRubeis
Robert J. DeRubeis University of Pennsylvania
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Jeffrey Roelofs
Jeffrey Roelofs Maastricht University
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Steven D. Hollon
Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University
Claudi L H Bockting
Claudi L H Bockting University of Amsterdam

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