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.

Appointments:

Psychology Graduate Group; Graduate School of Education

Advisees:

Zachary Cohen [Psychology Graduate Student]
Ramaris German [Post-doc]
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces [Psychology Graduate Student]

Representative Publications:

Fournier, J.C., DeRubeis, R.J., Hollon, S.D., Gallop, R., Shelton, R.C., & Amsterdam, J.D. (in press). Changes in specific depressive symptoms during antidepressant medication or cognitive therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Dimidjian, S., Hollon, S. D., Amsterdam, J. D., & Shelton, R. C. (2012). Predictors of patient cognitive therapy skills and symptom change in two randomized clinical trials: The role of therapist adherence and the therapeutic alliance. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 373-381.

Fournier, J. C., DeRubeis, R. J., & Beck, A. T. (2012). Dysfunctional cognitions in personality pathology: The structure and validity of the Personality Belief Questionnaire. Psychological Medicine, 42, 795-806.

Webb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., & Dimidjian, S. (2011). Two aspects of the therapeutic alliance: Differential relations with depressive symptom change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 279-283.

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.

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.