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Overview

Willem Kuyken is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology, with notable contributions to clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, pharmacology, and education.

Their main research topics include:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Early Childhood Education and Development

Kuyken has published extensively in several academic venues. Their most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Mindfulness
  • Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Global Advances in Health and Medicine

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Willem Kuyken include:

  • Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training compared with normal school provision in reducing risk of mental health problems and promoting well-being in adolescence: the MYRIAD cluster randomised controlled trial, 2022, Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • School-based mindfulness training in early adolescence: what works, for whom and how in the MYRIAD trial?, 2022, Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • Do mindfulness-based programmes improve the cognitive skills, behaviour and mental health of children and adolescents? An updated meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, 2022, Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt?, 2022, Global Advances in Health and Medicine
  • Reducing stress and promoting well-being in healthcare workers using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for life, 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Kuyken's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jesús Montero-Marín
  • Tim Dalgleish
  • Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
  • Tamsin Ford
  • Catherine Crane

Best Publications

  • The world health organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL) - position paper from the world health organization

    W. Kuyken;J. Orley;M. Power;H. Herrman

  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties.

    M.J. Power;W. Kuyken;J. Orley;H. Herman

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression.

    Willem Kuyken;Sarah Byford;Rod S. Taylor;Ed Watkins

  • How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?

    Willem Kuyken;Ed Watkins;Emily Holden;Kat White

  • What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures

    Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Billie Lever Taylor;Jenny Gu;Willem Kuyken

  • What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft.

    R. S. Crane;Judson A. Brewer;C Feldman;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Prevention of Depressive Relapse: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis From Randomized Trials

    Willem Kuyken;Fiona C. Warren;Rod S. Taylor;Ben Whalley

  • 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

  • Effectiveness of the Mindfulness in Schools Programme: non-randomised controlled feasibility study.

    Willem Kuyken;Katherine Weare;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Rachael Vicary

  • 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

  • Research Review: The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on cognition and mental health in children and adolescents - a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Darren Dunning;Kirsty Griffiths;WIllem Kuyken;Catherine Crane

  • Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Compared With Maintenance Antidepressant Treatment in the Prevention of Depressive Relapse or Recurrence (PREVENT): A Randomised Controlled Trial

    Willem Kuyken;Willem Kuyken;Rachel Hayes;Barbara Barrett;Richard Byng

  • Home practice in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of participants' mindfulness practice and its association with outcomes

    Christine E. Parsons;Catherine Crane;Liam J. Parsons;Lone Overby Fjorback

  • Quality of life assessment : international perspectives

    John Orley;Willem Kuyken

  • Collaborative Case Conceptualization: Working Effectively with Clients in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

    Willem Kuyken;Christine A. Padesky;Robert Dudley

  • A systematic review of mechanisms of change in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the treatment of recurrent major depressive disorder.

    Anne Maj van der Velden;Willem Kuyken;Ulla Wattar;Catherine Crane

  • Autobiographical memory functioning in depression and reports of early abuse

    Willem Kuyken;Chris R. Brewin

  • Translation of Health Status Instruments

    N. Sartorius;W. Kuyken

  • Examining the factor structures of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire and the self-compassion scale.

    Matthew J. Williams;Tim Dalgleish;Anke Karl;Willem Kuyken

  • Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression.

    Jenny Gu;Clara Strauss;Catherine Crane;Thorsten Barnhofer

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for primary care based patients with treatment resistant depression: Results of the CoBalT randomised controlled trial

    Nicola Wiles;Laura Thomas;Anna Abel;Nicola Ridgway

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Dalgleish
Tim Dalgleish University of Cambridge
Edward R. Watkins
Edward R. Watkins University of Exeter
Catherine Crane
Catherine Crane University of Oxford
Tamsin Ford
Tamsin Ford University of Cambridge
Clara Strauss
Clara Strauss University of Sussex
J. Mark G. Williams
J. Mark G. Williams University of Oxford
Anke Karl
Anke Karl University of Exeter
Ruth A. Baer
Ruth A. Baer University of Kentucky
Anne E. M. Speckens
Anne E. M. Speckens Radboud University
Chris Dickens
Chris Dickens University of Exeter

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