All Outputs (18)

Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial (2016)
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Richards, D., Ekers, D., McMillan, D., Taylor, R., Byford, S., Warren, F., …Finning, K. (2016). Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet, 388(10047), 871-880. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2816%2931140-0

Background Depression is a common, debilitating, and costly disorder. Many patients request psychological therapy, but the best-evidenced therapy—cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)—is complex and costly. A simpler therapy—behavioural activation (BA)... Read More about Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial.

Can Behavioural Activation Be Used As An Alternative Treatment For Subthreshold Depression In Type 2 Diabetes? (2015)
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Hardy, S., Al Shamari, B., Al-Mutawa, M., Mathias, J., Ekers, D., Gellatly, J., …Gray, R. (2015). Can Behavioural Activation Be Used As An Alternative Treatment For Subthreshold Depression In Type 2 Diabetes?. Mental health in family medicine, 11(2), 49-52

Subthreshold depression is common in people with type 2 diabetes and is an important risk factor for poor health. Collaborative care is the suggested approach for people with long term conditions and persistent subthreshold depression, with a high-in... Read More about Can Behavioural Activation Be Used As An Alternative Treatment For Subthreshold Depression In Type 2 Diabetes?.

CASPER plus (CollAborative care in Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depressive disorder): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2014)
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Overend, K., Lewis, H., Bailey, D., Bosanquet, K., Chew-Graham, C., Ekers, D., …Gilbody, S. (2014). CASPER plus (CollAborative care in Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depressive disorder): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 15, https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-451

Background: Depression accounts for the greatest disease burden of all mental health disorders, contributes heavily to healthcare costs, and by 2020 is set to become the second largest cause of global disability. Although 10% to 16% of people aged 65... Read More about CASPER plus (CollAborative care in Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depressive disorder): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

An update to depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: a service evaluation (2014)
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Murphy, R., Ekers, D., & Webster, L. (2014). An update to depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: a service evaluation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21(9), 827-833. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12153

There is a recognized need to enhance non-pharmaceutical interventions for depression in the primary care. This service evaluation of collaborative care for depression by primary care practice nurses is an update of Ekers and Wilson (2008), reporting... Read More about An update to depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: a service evaluation.

Sudden gains in behavioural activation for depression (2014)
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Masterson, C., Ekers, D., Gilbody, S., Richards, D., Toner-Clewes, B., & McMillian, D. (2014). Sudden gains in behavioural activation for depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 60, 34-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.06.008

Sudden gains have been linked to improved outcomes in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. The relationship between sudden gains and outcome is less clear in other treatment modalities, including interpersonal psychotherapy and supportive expr... Read More about Sudden gains in behavioural activation for depression.

Behavioural Activation for Depression: An Update of Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness and Sub Group Analysis (2014)
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Ekers, D., Webster, L., Van Straten, A., Cuijpers, P., Richards, D., & Gilbody, S. (2014). Behavioural Activation for Depression: An Update of Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness and Sub Group Analysis. PLoS ONE, 9(6), Article e100100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100100

Background: Depression is a common, disabling condition for which psychological treatments are recommended. Behavioural activation has attracted increased interest in recent years. It has been over 5 years since our meta-analyses summarised the evide... Read More about Behavioural Activation for Depression: An Update of Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness and Sub Group Analysis.

Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (COBRA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2014)
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Rhodes, S., Richards, D., Ekers, D., McMillan, D., Byford, S., Farrand, P., …Wright, K. (2014). Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (COBRA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 15, https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-29

Background: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for depression. However, CBT is a complex therapy that requires highly trained and qualified practitioners, and its scalability is therefore limited by the costs of training and... Read More about Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (COBRA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Nurse-delivered collaborative care for depression and long-term physical conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
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Ekers, D., Murphy, R., Archer, J., Ebenezer, C., Kemp, D., & Gilbody, S. (2013). Nurse-delivered collaborative care for depression and long-term physical conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 149(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.02.032

Background: Depression will be the second largest cause of disease burden by 2020. It is commonly associated with long term physical health conditions resulting in worsened clinical outcome and increased costs. Nurses would appear ideally placed to f... Read More about Nurse-delivered collaborative care for depression and long-term physical conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

An overview of the effectiveness of psychological therapy for depression and stepped care service delivery models (2013)
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Ekers, D., & Webster, L. (2013). An overview of the effectiveness of psychological therapy for depression and stepped care service delivery models. Journal of Research in Nursing, 18(2), 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987112466254

Depression is one of the most prevalent health disorders globally and causes significant distress and cost to the sufferer and society. Psychological therapy for depression has been recommended over a number of decades; however, access to these treat... Read More about An overview of the effectiveness of psychological therapy for depression and stepped care service delivery models.

Dissemination of Behavioural Activation for depression to mental health nurses. Training evaluation and benchmarked clinical outcomes (2013)
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Ekers, D., Dawson, M., & Bailey, L. (2013). Dissemination of Behavioural Activation for depression to mental health nurses. Training evaluation and benchmarked clinical outcomes. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20(2), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01906.x

Depression causes significant distress, disability and cost within the UK. Behavioural activation (BA) is an effective single-strand psychological approach which may lend itself to brief training programmes for a wide range of clinical staff. No prev... Read More about Dissemination of Behavioural Activation for depression to mental health nurses. Training evaluation and benchmarked clinical outcomes.

Cost utility of Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist (2011)
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Ekers, D., Godfrey, C., Gilbody, S., Parrott, S., Richards, D., Hammond, D., & Hayes, A. (2011). Cost utility of Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist. British Journal of Psychiatry, 199(6), 510-511. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.090266

Behavioural activation by non-specialists appears effective in the treatment of depression. We examined incremental cost-effectiveness of behavioural activation (n = 24) v. treatment as usual (n = 23) in a randomised controlled trial. Intention-to-tr... Read More about Cost utility of Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist.

Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial (2011)
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Ekers, D., Richards, D., McMillan, D., Bland, M., & Gilbody, S. (2011). Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 198(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.079111

Background Behavioural activation appears as effective as cognitive–behaviour therapy (CBT) in the treatment of depression. If equally effective, then behavioural activation may be the preferred treatment option because it may be suitable for deliver... Read More about Behavioural Activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial.

A randomised evaluation of CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with sub-threshold depression (CASPER): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2011)
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Mitchell, N., Hewitt, C., Adamson, J., Parrott, S., Torgerson, D., Ekers, D., …Gilbody, S. (2011). A randomised evaluation of CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with sub-threshold depression (CASPER): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 12, Article 225. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-225

Background: Depression accounts for the greatest burden of disease among all mental health problems, and is expected to become the second-highest amongst all general health problems by 2020. By the age of 75, 1 in 7 older people meet formal diagnosti... Read More about A randomised evaluation of CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with sub-threshold depression (CASPER): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Nurse consultants and the research community (2008)
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Gamble, C., Ekers, D., & Callaghan, P. (2008). Nurse consultants and the research community. Mental Health Practice, 11(10), 32-35

Catherine Gamble and colleagues consider the challenges inherent in the nurse consultant’s research remit. Outcomes are presented from two workshops that gathered nurse consultants’ views on research expectations. These suggest that while there is en... Read More about Nurse consultants and the research community.

Depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: an audit (2008)
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Ekers, D., & Wilson, W. (2008). Depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: an audit. Mental health in family medicine, 5(2), 111-119

Introduction: Depression is a common and debilitating condition. A body of evidence exists about improving depression outcomes in primary care, using collaborative care models. Such approaches, however, have not been routinely adopted within general... Read More about Depression case management by practice nurses in primary care: an audit.

A Meta Analysis of Randomised Trials of Behavioural Treatment of Depression (2008)
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Ekers, D., Richards, D., & Gilbody, S. (2008). A Meta Analysis of Randomised Trials of Behavioural Treatment of Depression. Psychological Medicine, 38(5), 611-623. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291707001614

Background Depression is a common, disabling condition for which psychological treatments, in particular cognitive behavioural therapies are recommended. Promising results in recent randomized trials have renewed interest in behavioural therapy. This... Read More about A Meta Analysis of Randomised Trials of Behavioural Treatment of Depression.

Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care (2007)
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Ekers, D., & Richards, D. (2007). Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care. Primary Health Care, 17(4), 36-39. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc2007.05.17.4.36.c4411

Recent commentators have drawn attention to what might be considered an epidemic of unhappiness (). The ‘politics of wellbeing’ are at the centre of political policy making (, ). While these comments could be dismissed as the concerns of the chatteri... Read More about Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care.

Successful Outcome of Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in A Patient with Schizophrenia (2004)
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Ekers, D., Carmen, S., & Schlich, T. (2004). Successful Outcome of Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in A Patient with Schizophrenia. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32(3), 375-378. https://doi.org/10.1017/s135246580400147x

We present the case of a 31-year-old man with comorbid schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) distinct from delusional beliefs. The OCD was successfully treated to 6-month follow-up with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) without l... Read More about Successful Outcome of Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in A Patient with Schizophrenia.