Pim Cuijpers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1661117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pim Cuijpers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pim |
| FAMILY NAME | Cuijpers |
| SIGNATURE | CUIJPERS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5497-2743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 84 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 84 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The science of child and adolescent mental health in Brazil: A nationwide systematic review and compendium of evidence-based resources
From research to real-life implementation: An evaluation of the scale up of a guided digital mental health intervention in Lebanon: Step-by-Step
Introduction: Digital mental health interventions offer a promising approach for addressing the global mental health treatment gap. However, concerns remain regarding their effectiveness and scalability in real-world settings, particularly in crisis-affected low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Following randomized clinical trial research, the World Health Organization's Step-by-Step (SbS) guided digital self-help intervention for depression …
Research Review: Help‐seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Effectiveness of psychotherapy: Synthesis of a “meta-analytic research domain” across world regions and 12 mental health problems
The scientific output generated in psychology has surged in recent decades, including the number of studies investigating psychological treatments. To keep track of all this evidence, we developed the "Metapsy" meta-analytic research domain: a comprehensive system of open databases and tailored software that allows for rapid evidence generation. We leverage this novel infrastructure to summarize the effect of psychological treatment across 12 men…
Machine-learning detection of stress severity expressed on a continuous scale using acoustic, verbal, visual, and physiological data: Lessons learned
The complexity of input features needed for machine-learning detection of stress severity based on multimodal data requires large sample sizes with wide variability of stress reactions and inputs among participants. These are difficult to recruit for laboratory setting, due to high time and effort demands on the side of both researcher and participant. Resources needed may be decreased using automatization of experimental procedures, which may, h…
The political economy of adolescent mental health in Kenya
Adolescent mental health remains a critical yet under-prioritized issue in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Kenya, where resource limitations, stigma, and systemic barriers hinder access to care. While policies and strategies such as Kenya's Mental Health Action Plan (2021–2025) exist on paper, their implementation is constrained by limited resources and a weak mental health service delivery infrastructure. This qualitative descripti…
A qualitative process evaluation of group problem management plus for distressed Syrian refugees in Türkiye
Syrian refugees in Türkiye show a high prevalence of mental health problems but encounter barriers to accessing mental health services. Group Problem Management Plus (gPM+), developed by the World Health Organization, is a low-intensity psychological intervention delivered by nonspecialist facilitators. This qualitative process evaluation explores the acceptability, feasibility and perceived effectiveness of gPM+ for Syrian refugees resettled in …
Feasibility and uptake of a digital mental health intervention for depression among Lebanese and Syrian displaced people in Lebanon: A qualitative study
Introduction: Digital interventions are increasingly regarded as a potential solution for the inaccessibility of mental health treatment across low-and-middle-income settings, especially for common mental disorders. Step-by-Step (SbS) is a digital, guided self-help intervention for depression found effective in two Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Lebanon. For research implementation and further scale-up, this paper reports the results of a…
Does outcome expectancy predict outcomes in online depression prevention? Secondary analysis of randomised‐controlled trials
BACKGROUND: Evidence shows that online interventions could prevent depression. However, to improve the effectiveness of preventive online interventions in individuals with subthreshold depression, it is worthwhile to study factors influencing intervention outcomes. Outcome expectancy has been shown to predict treatment outcomes in psychotherapy for depression. However, little is known about whether this also applies to depression prevention. The …
Addressing challenges faced by young refugees in the Netherlands: Adapting problem management plus (PM+) with an emotional processing module
Young refugees face numerous challenges before, during, and after their journey, leading to higher rates of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. These problems often remain untreated due to barriers like limited services, stigma, and varied distress expressions. One effective scalable intervention that bridges this treatment gap is problem management plus (PM+), a transdiagnostic program delivered b…
Mental healthcare access among resettled Syrian refugees in Leipzig, Germany
Our aim was to examine mental health needs and access to mental healthcare services among Syrian refugees in the city of Leipzig, Germany. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with Syrian refugee adults in Leipzig, Germany in 2021/2022. Outcomes included PTSD (PCL-5), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and somatic symptom (SSS-8). Descriptive, regression and effect modification analyses assessed associations between selected predictor variables…
Validation of the Spanish version of the Adjustment Disorder New Module-20 (ADNM-20) in a non-clinical sample
This study presents the first validation of the ADNM-20 in Spanish showing good reliability and validity results. In addition, a comparison with a high-risk sample and norms are offered to help future evaluators
Population mental health science: Guiding principles and initial agenda
A recent American Psychological Association Summit provided an urgent call to transform psychological science and practice away from a solely individual-level focus to become accountable for population-level impact on health and mental health. A population focus ensures the mental health of all children, adolescents, and adults and the elimination of inequities across groups. Science must guide three components of this transformation. First, effe…
Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents with depression, anxiety, and post‐traumatic stress disorder in low‐ and middle‐income countries – a systemat…
Commentary: Why treatment is the best choice for childhood mental disorders – a commentary on Roest et al. (2022)
An important question in mental healthcare for children is whether treatments are effective and safe in the long run. Here, we comment on a recent editorial perspective by Roest et al. (2022), who argue, based on an overview of systematic reviews, ‘that there is no convincing evidence that interventions for the most common childhood disorders are beneficial in the long term’. We believe that the available evidence does not justify this conclusion…
Scalability of digital psychological innovations for refugees: A comparative analysis in Egypt, Germany, and Sweden
E-mental health interventions may offer innovative means to increase access to psychological support and improve the mental health of refugees. However, there is limited knowledge about how these innovations can be scaled up and integrated sustainably into routine services. This study examined the scalability of a digital psychological intervention called Step-by-Step (SbS) for refugees in Egypt, Germany, and Sweden. We conducted semi-structured …
Risk factors for mental disorder development in asylum seekers and refugees resettled in Western Europe and Turkey: Participant-level analysis of two large prevention studies
Background: In asylum seekers and refugees, the frequency of mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, is higher than the general population, but there is a lack of data on risk factors for the development of mental disorders in this population. Aim: This study investigated the risk factors for mental disorder development in a large group of asylum seekers and refugees resettled in high- and middle-income s…
Scaling up task-sharing psychological interventions for refugees in Jordan: A qualitative study on the potential barriers and facilitators
Training nonspecialists in providing evidence-based psychological interventions (i.e. task-sharing) can effectively increase community access to psychological support. However, task-sharing interventions for this purpose are rarely used at scale. The aim of this study was to examine the factors influencing the potential for scaling up (i.e. scalability) of a task-sharing psychological intervention called Problem Management Plus (PM+) for Syrian r…
Time for united action on depression: A Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission
Outcome evaluation of psychological interventions offered to adolescents seeking mental health services at the national referral and teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
Literature highlights that adolescent mental health problems are amenable to treatment, specifically to psychological interventions. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of evidence on the services available for their management especially in low-middle-income contexts. This study aimed to highlight psychological interventions available to adolescents seeking mental health services at the National referral hospital in Kenya and to understand their ef…
Scalability of a task-sharing psychological intervention for refugees: A qualitative study in the Netherlands
Mental health systems across the world struggle to meet the needs of present and future populations. People affected by war and forced displacement, such as refugees, have especially high unmet psychological needs. Shifting tasks from mental health specialists to less specialised providers is increasingly opted as an innovative solution to overcome the mental health care gap. Yet little is known about how task-sharing interventions for refugees c…
Development of a transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in Indian secondary schools: Lessons from a pilot study examining acceptability and feasibility
Background The ‘PRemIum for aDolEscents’ (PRIDE) project has developed a school-based, transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in India. The programme comprises a brief problem-solving intervention (‘Step 1’) followed by a personalised cognitive-behavioural intervention (‘Step 2’) for participants who do not respond to the first step. Methods A mixed-method design was used to evaluate the acceptability …
Usefulness of Implementation Outcome Scales for Digital Mental Health (iOSDMH): Experiences from Six Randomized Controlled Trials
The iOSDMH may be a useful tool for evaluating participants' perceptions of features implemented in web-based interventions, which could contribute to improvements and further development of the intervention
Psychosocial and mental health challenges faced by emerging adults living with HIV and support systems aiding their positive coping: A qualitative study from the Kenyan coast
In this rural setting, emerging adults living with HIV face various challenges at the individual, family, and community level, some of which are cross-cutting. Our findings underscore the need for designing multi-level youth-friendly interventions that can address modifiable challenges encountered by emerging adults living with HIV in this and similar settings. Such interventions should incorporate appropriate context-specific support structures …
Linking the RCADS-25 to the PROMIS® pediatric item banks Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a general Dutch population sample
Effects of Family Interventions on Burden of Relatives of Psychiatric Patients in The Netherlands: A Pilot Study
Population mental health science: Guiding principles and initial agenda
A recent American Psychological Association Summit provided an urgent call to transform psychological science and practice away from a solely individual-level focus to become accountable for population-level impact on health and mental health. A population focus ensures the mental health of all children, adolescents, and adults and the elimination of inequities across groups. Science must guide three components of this transformation. First, effe…
Post-traumatic growth and its predictors among Syrian refugees in Istanbul: A mental health population survey
This study identified the role of the sociodemographic and psychological determinants that influence post-traumatic growth among Syrian refugees in Istanbul. These findings could be used to inform future research and programs seeking to understand PTG in refugees
Effects of a Visiting Service for Older Widowed Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial
The loss of the partner is an important risk factor for developing serious psychological problems. In this study the authors examined the effect of the visiting service on the mental health and quality of life of older widowed individuals. They conducted a pragmatic randomized trial. All respondents were randomly assigned to a visiting service (n = 110) or a control condition (n = 106) and were interviewed at baseline, at 6 months, and at 12 mont…
Prevention of Depression in Chronic General Medical Disorders: A Pilot Study
The course ‘Coping with Chronic Illness’ is a cognitive behavioral intervention aimed at the early treatment and prevention of depression in chronically ill persons. The first experiences show that especially chronically ill people with severe depressive symptoms participate. 9 participants improved significantly compared to 8 persons on a waiting list, and this difference was maintained at two months follow-up
Prevention of Depression in Chronic General Medical Disorders: A Pilot Study
The course 'Coping with Chronic Illness' is a cognitive behavioral intervention aimed at the early treatment and prevention of depression in chronically ill persons. The first experiences show that especially chronically ill people with severe depressive symptoms participate. 9 participants improved significantly compared to 8 persons on a waiting list, and this difference was maintained at two months follow-up
Effects of Family Interventions on Burden of Relatives of Psychiatric Patients in The Netherlands: A Pilot Study
Effective ingredients of school-based drug prevention programs
Nicotine Dependence and Regular Nicotine Use in Adult Children of Alcoholics
In this study the relation between parental alcoholism and tobacco use and nicotine dependence in adult children is explored. Data were used from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a nationwide survey of the US population aged 15 to 54. A sample of 2,728 subjects was selected who could answer all relevant questions about either their father or mother. Regular tobacco use and nicotine dependence are found to be strongly related to having an al…
Prevention of anxiety and depression in the age group of 75 years and over: A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and effectiveness of a generic stepped care programme among elderly co…
Late-life depression and anxiety are characterised by high prevalence, unfavourable prognosis, reduced quality of life, excess mortality and substantial societal costs. No health service, however well equipped, will be able to effectively treat all elderly with depression and anxiety. Therefore, development of (cost) effective means to prevent these disorders is very important
Personality traits and health-related quality of life in patients with moodand anxiety disorders
A low HRQL of patients with mood or anxiety disorders is not only determined by the disease or the current health but is also shaped by personality traits that are relatively stable throughout an individual's life time
The effects of reminiscence on psychological well-being in older adults: A meta-analysis
Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis
Psychotherapy for depression in adults: A meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies.
Depression and alcohol use among the Dutch residential home elderly: Is there a shared vulnerability
The purpose of this article is to investigate whether data from an older population sample would support the co-occurrence between depression and (problematic) alcohol use found in the general population and in clinical samples. Additionally, important predictors concerning these phenomena are identified in this population, by interviewing 156 inhabitants of five residential homes (mean age 84 years), using several questionnaires. The results sho…
Screening for mood and anxiety disorders with the five-item, the three-item, and the two-item Mental Health Inventory
Depression and body mass index, a u-shaped association
The results of this study give evidence for a significant U-shaped trend in the association between BMI and depression
Overweight, Obesity, and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
CONTEXT: Association between obesity and depression has repeatedly been established. For treatment and prevention purposes, it is important to acquire more insight into their longitudinal interaction. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the longitudinal relationship between depression, overweight, and obesity and to identify possible influencing factors. DATA SOURCES: Studies were found using PubMed, PsycINFO, and EMBAS…
Depression and obesity: A meta-analysis of community-based studies
Effects of a Visiting Service for Older Widowed Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial
The loss of the partner is an important risk factor for developing serious psychological problems. In this study the authors examined the effect of the visiting service on the mental health and quality of life of older widowed individuals. They conducted a pragmatic randomized trial. All respondents were randomly assigned to a visiting service (n = 110) or a control condition (n = 106) and were interviewed at baseline, at 6 months, and at 12 mont…
Supportive Accountability: A Model for Providing Human Support to Enhance Adherence to eHealth Interventions
The effectiveness of and adherence to eHealth interventions is enhanced by human support. However, human support has largely not been manualized and has usually not been guided by clear models. The objective of this paper is to develop a clear theoretical model, based on relevant empirical literature, that can guide research into human support components of eHealth interventions. A review of the literature revealed little relevant information fro…
Happiness and health behaviours in Chilean college students: A cross-sectional survey
The findings of this study mainly support the relationship between happiness and health outcomes through the two pathways previously mentioned. They also underscore the importance of that some healthy behaviours and person's cognitive appraisal of stress are integrated into their lifestyle for college students. Additionally, highlight the importance of taking into account these variables in the design of strategies to promote health education in …
Targeted prevention of anti-social behavior in an urban context
A Meta-Analysis of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Adult Depression, Alone and in Comparison with other Treatments
Guided Internet-based vs. face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
E-Health to Manage Distress in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Primary Results of the Webcare Trial
UNLABELLED: The Web-based distress management program for patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD; WEBCARE) was developed to mitigate distress and enhance health-related quality of life in ICD patients. This study investigated the treatment effectiveness at 3-month follow-up for generic and disease-specific outcome measures. METHODS: Consecutive patients implanted with a first-time ICD from six hospitals in the Netherlands we…
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of minimal guided and unguided internet-based mobile supported stress-management in employees with occupational stress: A three-armed randomised controlled trial
German Clinical Trial Registration (DRKS): DRKS00005687
The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology
Prevention of Problem Behaviours among Adolescents: The Impact of the Communities that Care Strategy in the Netherlands (2008–2011)
This study examines whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system influences targeted risk and protective factors and the subsequent development of problem behaviour among adolescents (12–18 years) in the Netherlands. In this quasi-experimental study of ten communities (five experimenta l, five control), adolescent outcomes were examined using a longitudinal design. Propensity score methodology and multilevel modelling were used to te…
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