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Scott Stuart is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States and has made contributions primarily within the fields of psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work spans subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and general health professions.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, with notable focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, psychoanalysis and psychopathology research, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, psychotherapy techniques and applications, attachment and relationship dynamics, philosophy, sociology, and political theory, as well as social policies and family.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Scott Stuart include Jessica M. Schultz, Scott Fairhurst, Tony Rousmaniere, Alexandre Fernández Vaz, and Michael Robertson.

Publications featuring Scott Stuart's research often appear in the following venues:

  • Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
  • Érès eBooks
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott Stuart include:

  • "Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Transcultural Adaptation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Asia," 2020, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
  • "Effectiveness of an Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Group Depression Treatment for Head Start Mothers: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Profiles of Women Participating in an Internet-Based Prenatal Mental Health Platform (HOPE - Healthy Outcomes of Prenatal and Postnatal Experiences)," 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
  • "Feasibility and Acceptability of Internet-Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Prenatal Women: Thematic Analysis," 2022, JMIR Formative Research

Scott Stuart has also contributed to book publications. These include:

  • Psychothérapie interpersonnelle, published by Éditions Érès in 2020
  • Deliberate Practice in Interpersonal Psychotherapy, published by the American Psychological Association in 2024

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression.

    Michael W. O'Hara;Scott Stuart;Laura L. Gorman;Amy Wenzel

  • Development and validation of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS).

    David Watson;Michael W. O'Hara;Leonard J. Simms;Roman Kotov

  • Effective treatment for postpartum depression is not sufficient to improve the developing mother-child relationship.

    David R. Forman;Michael W. O'hara;Scott Stuart;Laura L. Gorman

  • Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) for Outpatients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial and 1-Year Follow-Up

    M.S.W. Nancee Blum;P.A.C. Don St. John;Bruce Pfohl;Scott Stuart

  • Research on psychotherapy efficacy and effectiveness: between Scylla and Charybdis?

    Peter E. Nathan;Scott P. Stuart;Sara L. Dolan

  • Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample.

    Scott Stuart;Greg Couser;Kelly Schilder;Michael W. O'hara

  • The prevalence of postpartum depression: the relative significance of three social status indices.

    Lisa S. Segre;Michael W. O’Hara;Stephan Arndt;Scott Stuart

  • Clinical phenotypes of perinatal depression and time of symptom onset: analysis of data from an international consortium

    Karen T Putnam;Marsha Wilcox;Emma Robertson-Blackmore;Katherine Sharkey

  • Risk of depression and other mental health disorders in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a longitudinal study

    Angela Kerchner;Whitney Lester;Scott P. Stuart;Anuja Dokras

  • Attachment and interpersonal communication in somatization.

    Scott Stuart;Russell Noyes

  • Heterogeneity of postpartum depression: a latent class analysis

    K. Putnam;E. Robertson-Blackmore;K. Sharkey;J. Payne

  • Development of Psychotherapists: Concepts, Questions, and Methods of a Collaborative International Study

    David Orlinsky;Hansruedi Ambühl;M. Rønnestad;John Davis

  • Randomized clinical trial of an Internet-based depression prevention program for adolescents (Project CATCH-IT) in primary care: 12-week outcomes.

    Benjamin W. Van Voorhees;Joshua Fogel;Mark A Reinecke;Tracy Gladstone

  • Further validation of the IDAS: evidence of convergent, discriminant, criterion, and incremental validity.

    David Watson;Michael W O'Hara;Michael Chmielewski;Elizabeth A McDade-Montez

  • Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum and child externalizing and internalizing behavior at three years.

    Dawn Kingston;Heather Kehler;Marie-Paule Austin;Muhammad Kashif Mughal

  • The Cooccurrence of DSM-III-R Personality Disorders

    Scott Stuart;Bruce Pfohl;Marco Battaglia;Laura Bellodi

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy - A Clinician's Guide

    Scott Stuart;Robertson, Michael, Franzcp

  • Patient choice of treatment for postpartum depression: a pilot study

    T. B. Pearlstein;T. B. Pearlstein;C. Zlotnick;C. Zlotnick;C. L. Battle;C. L. Battle;S. Stuart

  • Perinatal Depression: An Update and Overview

    Kaela Stuart-Parrigon;Scott Stuart

  • Hierarchical structures of affect and psychopathology and their implications for the classification of emotional disorders.

    David Watson;Michael W. O'Hara;Scott Stuart

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael W. O'Hara
Michael W. O'Hara University of Iowa
David Watson
David Watson University of Notre Dame
Mark A. Reinecke
Mark A. Reinecke Northwestern University
Peter M. Lewinsohn
Peter M. Lewinsohn Oregon Research Institute
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John R. Seeley
John R. Seeley University of Oregon
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Jeannette Milgrom
Jeannette Milgrom University of Melbourne
Roman Kotov
Roman Kotov Stony Brook University

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