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1750
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839

Overview

Paul Bolton is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and health professions, with significant work in clinical psychology and general health professions as subfields.

Their scholarly output reflects contributions to an array of topics related to mental health and trauma. Key research themes include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health

Paul Bolton has published numerous articles in various academic venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Intervention
  • PLoS Medicine
  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Implementation Science Communications

Recent representative papers include:

  • "Expanding mental health services in low- and middle-income countries: A task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care" (2023), published in Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • "A randomized-controlled trial of community-based transdiagnostic psychotherapy for veterans and internally displaced persons in Ukraine" (2021), published in 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), published in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • "Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in reducing intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in Zambia (VATU): A randomized controlled trial" (2020), published in PLoS Medicine
  • "What works in psychosocial programming in humanitarian contexts in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence" (2020), published in Intervention

Collaborations form an important aspect of Bolton's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Laura K. Murray
  • Judith Bass (10 collaborations)
  • Jeremy C. Kane (8 collaborations)
  • Stephanie Skavenski (7 collaborations)
  • Emily E. Haroz (5 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development.

    Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Graham Thornicroft

  • 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

  • A Common Elements Treatment Approach for Adult Mental Health Problems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries ☆ ☆☆

    Laura K. Murray;Shannon Dorsey;Emily Haroz;Catherine Lee

  • 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

  • Assessment of depression prevalence in rural Uganda using symptom and function criteria.

    Paul Bolton;Christopher M. Wilk;Lincoln Ndogoni

  • “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

  • Cross-cultural validity and reliability testing of a standard psychiatric assessment instrument without a gold standard.

    Paul Bolton

  • An alternative approach to cross-cultural function assessment.

    Paul Bolton;Alice M. Tang

  • 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

  • Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among Trauma-Affected Children in Lusaka, Zambia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Laura K. Murray;Stephanie Skavenski;Jeremy C. Kane;John Mayeya

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

    Helen Verdeli;Kathleen Clougherty;Paul Bolton;Liesbeth Speelman

  • Prevalence of depression in rural Rwanda based on symptom and functional criteria.

    Paul Bolton;Richard Neugebauer;Lincoln Ndogoni

  • 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

  • Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Alden L. Gross;Theresa Betancourt;Paul Bolton

  • Local perceptions of the mental health effects of the Rwandan genocide.

    Paul Anthony Bolton

  • Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith K. Bass
Judith K. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Shannon Dorsey
Shannon Dorsey University of Washington
Debra Kaysen
Debra Kaysen Stanford University
Helen Verdeli
Helen Verdeli Columbia University
Wietse A. Tol
Wietse A. Tol Johns Hopkins University
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Judith A. Cohen
Judith A. Cohen Allegheny General Hospital
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University

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