Dr E. Driessen (Ellen)

• Wienicke, F. J., Beutel, M. E., Zwerenz, R., Brähler, E., Fonagy, P., Luyten, P., Constantinou, M., Barber, J. P., McCarthy, K. S., Solomonov, N., Cooper, P. J., De Pascalis, L., Johansson, R., Andersson, G., Lemma, A., Town, J. M., Abbass, A. A., Ajilchi, B., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., López-Rodríguez, J., … Driessen, E. (2023). Efficacy and moderators of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. Clinical Psychology Review, 101, 102269. Full text
• Driessen, E., Fokkema, M., Dekker, J. J. M., Peen, J., Van, H. L., Maina, G., Rosso, G., Rigardetto, S., Cuniberti, F., Vitriol, V. G., Andreoli, A., Burnand, Y., López Rodríguez, J., Villamil Salcedo, V., Twisk, J. W. R., Wienicke, F. J., & Cuijpers, P. (2022). Which patients benefit from adding short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy to antidepressants in the treatment of depression? A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. Psychological Medicine, 1–12. Full text
• Driessen, E., Cohen, Z. D., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Hollon, S. D., Richards, D. A., Dobson, K. S., Dimidjian, S., Delgadillo, J., Vázquez, F. L., McNamara, K., Horan, J. J., Gardner, P., Oei, T. P., Mehta, A. H. P., Twisk, J. W. R., Cristea, I. A., & Cuijpers, P. (2022). Efficacy and moderators of cognitive therapy versus behavioural activation for adults with depression: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BJPsych Open, 8(5), e154.  Full text
• Cohen, Z. D., Kim, T. T., Van, H. L., Dekker, J. J. M., & Driessen, E. (2019). A demonstration of a multi-method variable selection approach for treatment selection: Recommending cognitive-behavioral versus psychodynamic therapy for mild to moderate depression. Psychotherapy Research, 11, 1-14. Full text
• Driessen, E., Van, H. L., Don, F. J., Peen, J., Kool, S., Westra, D., …, & Dekker, J. J. M. (2013). The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy in the outpatient treatment of major depression: a randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 170, 1041-1050. Full text

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• 2023 - Radboud University's Young Academy: ecognises & Rewards Prize (Nomination) More information
• 2020 - Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw): Personalized treatment selection and adaptation for depression – the T-SAD study More information
• 2018 - Dutch Research Council - Talent Programme 'Veni'  Depression treatment: the best match More information
• 2016 - American Psychoanalytic Association: Which patients benefit specifically from short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression? An individual patient data meta-analysis. More information
• 2010 - Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy, USA: Full Tuition Scholarship Grant More information

• 2019 - 2025 "Depression treatment: the best match." This large international research project aims at developing a tool to help select the optimal treatment for people with depression based on their personal characteristics. To do so, individual participant data will be brought together from randomized clinical trials worldwide covering five of the most efficacious and widely used depression treatments (antidepressant medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, behavioral activation, and psychodynamic therapy). More information

• Psychological Interventions

• 16 May 2023 - New York Times Magazine: 'Does Therapy Really Work? Let’s Unpack That.' More information
• 28 June 2019 - PsyXpert (Dutch professional journal for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists): 'The efficacy of depression treatments must - and can! - be improved. Interview with Ellen Driessen.' More information
• 05 April 2019 - De Psycholoog (Magazine of the Dutch Institute of Psychologists): 'The best match.' More information
• 01 October 2015 - Volkskrant: 'Psychotherapy for depression not as effective as we thought.' More information
• 30 September 2015 - New York Times: 'Effectiveness of Talk Therapy Is Overstated, a Study Says.' More information

• Senior researcher and licensed health care psychologist at the Depression Expertise Center (16 March 2023)
  Pro Persona Mental Health Care