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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2016 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology

Overview

Steven D. Hollon is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on several subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, pharmacology, and applied psychology.

The main topics in their work encompass:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Hollon's recent publications include:

  • "Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action." (2020, American Psychologist)
  • "More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox" (2021, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • "The effects of once- versus twice-weekly sessions on psychotherapy outcomes in depressed patients" (2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Initial treatment choices to achieve sustained response in major depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis" (2021, World Psychiatry)
  • "Role of age, gender and marital status in prognosis for adults with depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis" (2021, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hollon include:

  • Robert J. DeRubeis
  • Zachary D. Cohen
  • Pim Cuijpers
  • Edward Watkins
  • Joshua E. J. Buckman

Hollon's work has been published often in several scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Psychological Medicine
  • American Psychologist
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • BJPsych Open

Among the recognitions received, Hollon was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2020 and was awarded the Joseph Zubin Award by the Society for Research in Psychopathology in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Therapy of Depression

    Steven D. Hollon;Aaron T. Beck

  • Defining Empirically Supported Therapies

    Dianne L. Chambless;Steven D. Hollon

  • Antidepressant Drug Effects and Depression Severity: A Patient-Level Meta-analysis

    Jay C. Fournier;Robert J. DeRubeis;Steven D. Hollon;Sona Dimidjian

  • Cognitive self-statements in depression: Development of an automatic thoughts questionnaire

    Steven D. Hollon;Philip C. Kendall

  • Randomized trial of behavioral activation, cognitive therapy, and antidepressant medication in the acute treatment of adults with major depression.

    Sona Dimidjian;Steven D. Hollon;Keith S. Dobson;Karen B. Schmaling

  • Cognitive therapy vs medications in the treatment of moderate to severe depression.

    Robert J. DeRubeis;Steven D. Hollon;Jay D. Amsterdam;Richard C. Shelton

  • Issues and recommendations regarding use of the Beck Depression Inventory

    Philip C. Kendall;Steven D. Hollon;Aaron T. Beck;Constance L. Hammen

  • Comparative efficacy of cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depressed outpatients

    Augustus J. Rush;Aaron T. Beck;Maria Kovacs;Steven Hollon

  • Prevention of relapse following cognitive therapy vs medications in moderate to severe depression.

    Steven D. Hollon;Robert J. DeRubeis;Richard C. Shelton;Jay D. Amsterdam

  • Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

    Steven D. Hollon;Aaron T. Beck

  • Cognitive therapy versus medication for depression: treatment outcomes and neural mechanisms

    Robert J. DeRubeis;Greg J. Siegle;Steven D. Hollon

  • Randomized trial of behavioral activation, cognitive therapy, and antidepressant medication in the prevention of relapse and recurrence in major depression.

    Keith S. Dobson;Steven D. Hollon;Sona Dimidjian;Karen B. Schmaling

  • Treatment and Prevention of Depression

    Steven D. Hollon;Michael E. Thase;John C. Markowitz

  • Cognitive Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Depression: Singly and in Combination

    Steven D. Hollon;Robert J. DeRubeis;Robert J. DeRubeis;Mark D. Evans;Marlin J. Wiemer

  • The investigation of schematic content and processing in eating disorders

    Kelly Bemis Vitousek;Steven D. Hollon

  • Enduring effects for cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of depression and anxiety.

    Steven D. Hollon;Michael O. Stewart;Daniel Strunk

  • Differential relapse following cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy for depression.

    Mark D. Evans;Steven D. Hollon;Steven D. Hollon;Robert J. DeRubeis;Robert J. DeRubeis;Joan M. Piasecki;Joan M. Piasecki

  • Mind the gap: Improving the dissemination of CBT

    R. Shafran;D.M. Clark;C.G. Fairburn;A. Arntz

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

    Judy Garber;Gregory N. Clarke;V. Robin Weersing;William R. Beardslee

  • Cognitive Therapy for Depression A Social Cognitive Perspective

    Steven D. Hollon;Judy Garber

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. DeRubeis
Robert J. DeRubeis University of Pennsylvania
Richard C. Shelton
Richard C. Shelton University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Claudi L H Bockting
Claudi L H Bockting University of Amsterdam
Sona Dimidjian
Sona Dimidjian University of Colorado Boulder
Jay D. Amsterdam
Jay D. Amsterdam University of Pennsylvania
Marcus J.H. Huibers
Marcus J.H. Huibers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert Gallop
Robert Gallop West Chester University
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University

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