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Milena Gandy is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has a research profile focused on medicine and psychology, with a particular emphasis on psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, addressing digital mental health interventions, epilepsy research and treatment, mental health research topics, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, mental health treatment and access, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Major frequent co-authors in their work include Blake F. Dear, Amelia J. Scott, Madelyne A. Bisby, Nickolai Titov, and Andreea I. Heriseanu.

Publications by Gandy are often featured in high-impact venues such as Epilepsy & Behavior, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Psychological Medicine, Pain, and Epilepsia Open.

Significant recent papers by Milena Gandy include:

  • Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioural based interventions for adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2022, Pain)
  • Managing depression and anxiety in people with epilepsy: A survey of epilepsy health professionals by the ILAE Psychology Task Force (2020, Epilepsia Open)

Other notable papers in collaboration with other researchers include:

  • Examining the psychometric properties of brief screening measures of depression and anxiety in chronic pain: The Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2-item (2022, Pain Practice)
  • Psychological treatments for people with epilepsy (2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
  • Anxiety and Depression in Youth With Chronic Pain (2024, JAMA Pediatrics)

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and depressive disorders in people with epilepsy: A meta-analysis

    Amelia J. Scott;Louise Sharpe;Caroline Hunt;Milena Gandy

  • Psychometric properties and clinical utility of brief measures of depression, anxiety, and general distress: The PHQ-2, GAD-2, and K-6

    Lauren G. Staples;Blake F. Dear;Milena Gandy;Vincent Fogliati

  • Clinical and cost-effectiveness of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for older adults with symptoms of anxiety: a randomized controlled trial

    Blake F. Dear;Judy B. Zou;Shehzad Ali;Carolyn N. Lorian

  • Transdiagnostic versus disorder-specific and clinician-guided versus self-guided internet-delivered treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid disorders: A randomized controlled trial

    B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides;E. Karin

  • Disorder-specific versus transdiagnostic and clinician-guided versus self-guided treatment for major depressive disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial.

    N. Titov;B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides

  • The Pain Course: a randomised controlled trial examining an internet-delivered pain management program when provided with different levels of clinician support.

    Blake F. Dear;Milena Gandy;Eyal Karin;Lauren G. Staples

  • Treating anxiety and depression in older adults : randomised controlled trial comparing guided v. self-guided internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy

    Nickolai Titov;Vincent J. Fogliati;Lauren G. Staples;Milena Gandy

  • Improving adherence and clinical outcomes in self-guided internet treatment for anxiety and depression: a 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Luke Johnston;Peter M. McEvoy

  • Psychosocial predictors of depression and anxiety in patients with epilepsy: a systematic review.

    Milena Gandy;Louise Sharpe;Kathryn Nicholson Perry

  • Treating anxiety and depression in young adults: A randomised controlled trial comparing clinician-guided versus self-guided Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy:

    Blake F Dear;Vincent J Fogliati;Rhiannon Fogliati;Bareena Johnson

  • Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioural based interventions for adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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  • Rates of DSM-IV mood, anxiety disorders, and suicidality in Australian adult epilepsy outpatients: A comparison of well-controlled versus refractory epilepsy

    Milena Gandy;Louise Sharpe;Kathryn Nicholson Perry;Laurie Miller;Laurie Miller

  • Cognitive behavior therapy for depression in people with epilepsy: a systematic review.

    Milena Gandy;Louise Sharpe;Kathryn Nicholson Perry

  • Managing depression and anxiety in people with epilepsy: A survey of epilepsy health professionals by the ILAE Psychology Task Force.

    Milena Gandy;Avani C Modi;Janelle L Wagner;W Curt LaFrance

  • Examining self-guided internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for older adults with symptoms of anxiety and depression: Two feasibility open trials

    Blake F. Dear;Judy B. Zou;Shehzad Ali;Carolyn N. Lorian

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Anxiety and Depression in Youth With Epilepsy.

    Amelia J Scott;Louise Sharpe;Max Loomes;Milena Gandy

  • Design and validation of two measures to detect anxiety disorders in epilepsy: The Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument and its brief counterpart.

    Amelia J. Scott;Louise Sharpe;Zoe Thayer;Zoe Thayer;Laurie A. Miller;Laurie A. Miller

  • Anxiety in epilepsy: a neglected disorder.

    Milena Gandy;Milena Gandy;Louise Sharpe;Kathryn Nicholson Perry;Laurie Miller;Laurie Miller

  • Measurement of Symptom Change Following Web-Based Psychotherapy: Statistical Characteristics and Analytical Methods for Measuring and Interpreting Change.

    Eyal Karin;Blake F Dear;Gillian Z Heller;Milena Gandy

  • The UniWellbeing course : a randomised controlled trial of a transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme for university students with symptoms of anxiety and depression

    Amanda Mullin;Blake F. Dear;Eyal Karin;Bethany M. Wootton

  • The pain course: a randomised controlled trial comparing a remote-delivered chronic pain management program when provided in online and workbook formats

    B F Dear;M Gandy;E Karin;T Ricciardi

  • Increased skills usage statistically mediates symptom reduction in self-guided internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety: a randomised controlled trial.

    Matthew D. Terides;Blake F. Dear;Vincent J. Fogliati;Milena Gandy

Frequent Co-Authors

Blake F. Dear
Blake F. Dear Macquarie University
Nickolai Titov
Nickolai Titov Macquarie University
Louise Sharpe
Louise Sharpe University of Sydney
Laurie A. Miller
Laurie A. Miller Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Avani C. Modi
Avani C. Modi Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Britt Klein
Britt Klein Federation University Australia
Peter M. McEvoy
Peter M. McEvoy Curtin University
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Zahinoor Ismail
Zahinoor Ismail University of Calgary
Caroline Hunt
Caroline Hunt University of Sydney

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