Robert DeRubeis | University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology

Samuel H. Preston Term Professor in the Social Sciences; Department Chair

Department:

Psychology

Education:

BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Psychology, University of Minnesota

Address:

Solomon Labs, 3720 Walnut St, Room B19

Phone:

215-573-5804; 215-898-6230

Email:

derubeis@psych.upenn.edu; chair@psych.upenn.edu

Lab Page

Research Themes:

Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

Specific Research Areas:

Causes and treatments of mood disorders

Research Synopsis:

Research in my lab focuses on the processes that cause and maintain disorders of mood, as well as the treatment processes that reduce and prevent the return of mood symptoms. The contexts for much of our work are randomized clinical trials in which we compare the effects of antidepressant medications versus cognitive therapy in people with major depressive disorder. We use data obtained in these studies to understand the mechanisms through which these treatments exert their effects.

Dr. DeRubeis will be accepting new graduate students for admission in fall 2012.

Appointments:

Psychology Graduate Group; Graduate School of Education

Advisees:

Zachary Cohen [Psychology Graduate Student]
Nicholas R. Forand [Post-doc]
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces [Psychology Graduate Student]
Christian Webb [Psychology Graduate Student]

Representative Publications:

Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Fawcett, J. (2010). Antidepressant drug effects and depression severity: A patient-level meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 303, 47-53.

Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., & Schalet, B. (2009). Personality change during depression treatment: A placebo-controlled trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66, 1322-1330.

Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., & Gallop, R. (2009). Prediction of response to medication and cognitive therapy in the treatment of moderate to severe depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 775-787.

Leykin, Y., & DeRubeis R. J. (2009). Allegiance in psychotherapy outcome research: Separating association from bias. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 16, 54-65.

Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Gallop, R., Amsterdam, J. D., & Hollon, S. D. (2008). Antidepressant medications v. cognitive therapy in people with depression with or without personality disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 124-129.

DeRubeis, R. J., Siegle G. J., & Hollon, S. D. (2008). Cognitive therapy versus medication for depression: Treatment outcomes and neural mechanisms. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 788-796.

Strunk, D. R., DeRubeis R. J., Chiu, A. W., & Alvarez, J. (2007). Patients’ competence in and performance of cognitive therapy skills: Relation to the reduction of relapse risk following treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 523-530.

Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. A., & Shelton, R. C. (2007). Sudden gains in cognitive therapy of depression and depression relapse/recurrence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 404-408.

Strunk, D. R., Lopez, H. L., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Depressive symptoms are associated with unrealistic negative predictions of future life events. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 875-896.

Gelfand, L. A., Strunk, D. R., Tu, X., Noble, R. E. S., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Bias resulting from the use of “assay sensitivity” as an inclusion criterion for meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine 25, 943-955.

Stirman, S. W., DeRubeis, R. J., Crits-Christoph, P., & Rothman, A. (2005). Can the randomized controlled trial literature generalize to non-randomized patients? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 127-135.

Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Beberman, R., & Pham, T. (2005). Cognitive changes, critical sessions, and sudden gains in cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 168-172.

DeRubeis, R. J., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Young, P. R., Salomon, R. M., O’Reardon, J. P., Lovett, M. L., Gladis, M. M., Brown, L. L., & Gallop, R. (2005). Cognitive therapy vs medications in the treatment of moderate to severe depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 409-416.

Hollon, S. D., DeRubeis, R. J., Shelton, R. C., Amsterdam, J. D., Salomon, R. M., O’Reardon, J. P., Lovett, M. L., Young, P. R., Haman, K. L., Freeman, B. B., & Gallop, R. (2005). Prevention of relapse following cognitive therapy vs medications in moderate to severe depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 417-422.

DeRubeis, R. J., Brotman, M. A., & Gibbons, C. J. (2005). A conceptual and methodological analysis of the nonspecifics argument. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 174-183.