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Scott M. Monroe is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the fields of psychology and medicine, with specific attention to subfields such as experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Monroe's work involve mental health research, particularly focusing on the treatment of major depression, mental health treatment accessibility, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Monroe has contributed scholarly articles to several publication venues. These include:

  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science

Among Monroe's notable recent papers are:

  • "Major Depression and Its Recurrences: Life Course Matters," published in 2022 in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox," published in 2021 in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Why Recurrent Depression Should Be Reconceptualized and Redefined," published in 2023 in Current Directions in Psychological Science

Frequent collaborators include Kate L. Harkness, with whom Monroe has co-authored multiple papers, as well as Johan Ormel, Steven D. Hollon, Ronald C. Kessler, and Pim Cuijpers.

Best Publications

  • Diathesis-stress theories in the context of life stress research: Implications for the depressive disorders.

    Scott M. Monroe;Anne D. Simons

  • Life stress, the "kindling" hypothesis, and the recurrence of depression: considerations from a life stress perspective.

    Scott M. Monroe;Kate L. Harkness

  • Life events and depression in adolescence: relationship loss as a prospective risk factor for first onset of major depressive disorder.

    Scott M. Monroe;Paul Rohde;John R. Seeley;Peter M. Lewinsohn

  • Modern approaches to conceptualizing and measuring human life stress.

    Scott M. Monroe

  • Conceptualization and measurement of human disorder in life stress research: the problem of chronic disturbance.

    Richard A. Depue;Scott M. Monroe

  • Major and minor life events as predictors of psychological distress: further issues and findings.

    Scott M. Monroe

  • Major Depression and Its Recurrences: Life Course Matters

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  • Candidate gene-environment interaction research: reflections and recommendations.

    Danielle M. Dick;Arpana Agrawal;Matthew C. Keller;Amy Adkins

  • Learned helplessness in the perspective of the depressive disorders: conceptual and definitional issues.

    Richard A. Depue;Scott M. Monroe

  • Life events and depression in adolescence: Relationship loss as a prospective risk factor for first onset of major depressive disorder.

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  • Social support, life events, and depressive symptoms: a 1-year prospective study

    Scott M. Monroe;Evelyn J. Bromet;Melanie M. Connell;Stephen C. Steiner

  • Vulnerable self-esteem and depressive symptoms: prospective findings comparing three alternative conceptualizations.

    John E. Roberts;Scott M. Monroe

  • Social support and psychopathology: interrelations with preexisting disorder, stress, and personality

    Scott M. Monroe;Stephen C. Steiner

  • Recurrence in Major Depression: A Conceptual Analysis

    Scott M. Monroe;Kate L. Harkness

  • The assessment and measurement of adult life stress: Basic premises, operational principles, and design requirements.

    Kate L. Harkness;Scott M. Monroe

  • The social environment and depression: Focusing on severe life stress.

    Scott M. Monroe;Katholiki Hadjiyannakis

  • Measurement of stress appraisal.

    Scott M. Monroe;John M. Kelley

  • More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox.

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  • Psychophysiologic Reactivity as a Dimension of Individual Differences

    Stephen B. Manuck;Alfred L. Kasprowicz;Scott M. Monroe;Kevin T. Larkin

  • The unipolar–bipolar distinction in the depressive disorders.

    Richard A. Depue;Scott M. Monroe

  • A multidimensional model of self-esteem in depression

    John E. Roberts;Scott M. Monroe

  • Gene-Environment Interactions in Depression Research Genetic Polymorphisms and Life-Stress Polyprocedures

    Scott M. Monroe;Mark W. Reid

  • A Memory-Based Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder : Evaluating Basic Assumptions Underlying the PTSD Diagnosis. Commentary. Authors' reply

    David C. Rubin;Dorthe Berntsen;Malene Klindt Bohni;Scott M. Monroe

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne D. Simons
Anne D. Simons University of Notre Dame
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Kate L. Harkness
Kate L. Harkness Queen's University
George M. Slavich
George M. Slavich University of California, Los Angeles
Ian H. Gotlib
Ian H. Gotlib Stanford University
John E. Roberts
John E. Roberts University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Richard A. Depue
Richard A. Depue Cornell University
Peter M. Lewinsohn
Peter M. Lewinsohn Oregon Research Institute
Sheri L. Johnson
Sheri L. Johnson University of California, Berkeley

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