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Simon Gilbody is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Medicine. Their work encompasses a range of subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics in mental health and related interventions. Notable papers include:

  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders (2020, World Psychiatry)
  • Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis (2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS))
  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, SSM - Population Health)
  • Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis (2020, PLoS Medicine)

The main topics addressed in the research include Mental Health Treatment and Access, Health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, and Schizophrenia research and treatment.

Simon Gilbody frequently collaborates with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dean McMillan
  • Peter Coventry
  • Emily Peckham
  • Elizabeth Littlewood
  • Carolyn Chew-Graham

The primary venues for publication consist of bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 20 publications, followed by PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, where Gilbody has published multiple articles.

Best Publications

  • Optimal cut-off score for diagnosing depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): a meta-analysis

    Laura Manea;Simon Gilbody;Dean McMillan

  • Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies

    Nicole Kirsty Valtorta;Mona Kanaan;Simon Martin Gilbody;Sara Ronzi

  • Collaborative care for depression: a cumulative meta-analysis and review of longer-term outcomes.

    Simon Gilbody;Peter Bower;Janine Fletcher;David Richards

  • Screening for Depression in Medical Settings with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ): A Diagnostic Meta-Analysis

    Simon Gilbody;David Richards;Stephen Brealey;Catherine Hewitt

  • Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems

    Janine Archer;Peter Bower;Simon Gilbody;Karina Lovell

  • Stepped care in psychological therapies: Access, effectiveness and efficiency. Narrative literature review.

    Peter Bower;Simon Gilbody

  • Educational and organizational interventions to improve the management of depression in primary care: a systematic review

    Simon Gilbody;Paula Whitty;Jeremy Grimshaw;Ruth Thomas

  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Marco Solmi;Robyn E Wootton;Davy Vancampfort

  • A diagnostic meta-analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) algorithm scoring method as a screen for depression

    Laura Manea;Simon Gilbody;Dean McMillan

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

    Anthony Cleare;Carmine Pariante;Allan Young;I M Anderson

  • 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

  • Behavioural activation for depression; an update of meta-analysis of effectiveness and sub group analysis.

    David Ekers;Lisa Webster;Annemieke Van Straten;Pim Cuijpers

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of transdiagnostic psychological treatments for anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood.

    Jill M. Newby;Anna McKinnon;Willem Kuyken;Simon Gilbody

  • Publication and related biases.

    F Song;A J Eastwood;S Gilbody;L Duley

  • Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

    David A Richards;David Ekers;Dean McMillan;Rod S. Taylor

  • Publication and related biases: a review

    F Song;A Eastwood;S Gilbody;L Duley

  • What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression.

    Judith Gellatly;Peter Bower;Sue Hennessy;David Richards

  • A meta-analysis of randomized trials of behavioural treatment of depression.

    D Ekers;David Richards;Simon Gilbody

  • Educational and Organizational Interventions to Improve the Management of Depression in Primary Care

    Simon Gilbody;Paula Whitty

  • Collaborative care for depression : A cumulative meta-analysis and review of longer-term outcomes. Commentary

    Wayne Katon;Jürgen Unützer;Simon Gilbody;Peter Bower

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean McMillan
Dean McMillan University of York
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
David Richards
David Richards University of Bristol
Michael Barkham
Michael Barkham University of Sheffield
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tony Kendrick
Tony Kendrick University of Southampton
Jaime Delgadillo
Jaime Delgadillo University of Sheffield
Scott B. Patten
Scott B. Patten University of Calgary
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Trevor A Sheldon
Trevor A Sheldon Queen Mary University of London

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