International Research Networks – Major Recent Projects
Here we briefly introduce our major key past/ongoing international collaborations.
I. Major projects/grants
- DREAM (director of the Romanian partner: Daniel David; FP7 – Coordinated Action instrument)
- Topic: To creat a new generation of robots used in robot-based psychotherapy of autism spectrum disorder
- The research Infrastructure: The Matrix Platform
- Help4Mood (the Romanian positions: Dr. Aurora Szentagotai, Babes-Bolyai University/BBU – Coordinator ofthe Romanian team; Dr. Daniel David, BBU – Clinical manager of the Consortium)
- Topic: Using technology (e.g., robot/avatar) in the treatment of major depressive disorder at home
- The Research Infrastructure: the Matrix Platform
- Elisabeth Arden/EA Company (directors of the project: Daniel David & Oana David)
- Topic: Psychological and neurobiological correlates of “EA”‘s fragrance
- The Research Infrastructure: the SkyRa Platform
- EduCare (Romanian positions: Dr. Daniel David – Coordinator of the Romanian team)
- Topic: Aging population: Needs and evidence-based training and interventions
- The Research Infrastructure: the Clinical Research Unit
- Robotherapy (Coordinator: Dr. Bram Vanderborgth, Vrije University, Belgium)
- Topic: Exploring Robot assisted therapy for children with ASD
- The Research Infrastructure: the Matrix Platform
- DCOMBAT – Mobile application for the prevention and treatment of depression (Coordinator: Dr. Cezar Giosan, Berkeley College, N.Y., U.S.A.)
- Topic: Developing a technological, mobile-based tool for supporting the cognitive-behavioral treatment of depression
- The Research Infrastructure: the Matrix Platform
- iSOFIE (Romanian positions: Dr. Bogdan Tulbure – Coordinator; Dr. Daniel David – Postdoctoral supervisor of Dr. Tulbure and Consultant of the project, together with Dr. Gerhard Andresson, Linkoping University, Sweden)
- Topic: Online therapy: Clinical trial for cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety
- The Research Infrastructure: the Matrix Platform
- Ro-Mars500 (Coordinators: Dr. Daniel David from Romania; Dr. Cristina Boteia and Dr. Rosa Maria Banos from Spain: 2013-)
- Topic: The use of virtual reality to investigate human factors (e.g., rational vs. irrational beliefs, functional vs. dysfunctional positive and negative emotions) involved in space missions. The project aims to test cross-culturally and to develop scientifically an already existing Spanish virtual reality module – EART Well-Being -, used previously in the international program MARS500 (Dr. Botella/Dr. Banos were originally involved in the EART Well-Being project, a satelit study of the Mars500 international program).
- The Research Infrastructure: the Matrix Platform
- Autism as a life style (Investigators: Dr. Alexandru Popescu, Oxford University and Dr. Daniel David; 2013-)
- Topic: Phenomenology of autism as explored by the patines and their relatives; the approach is based on the model proposed and promoted by Healthtalkonline
- The Research Infrastructure: the Clinical Research Unit
- Recent Clinical Trials (with international consultants and support)
- GAD: Cognitive therapy vs. Rational emotive behavior therapy vs. Acceptance and commitment therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. (Coordinators: Dr. Daniel David & Dr. Aurora Szentagotai)
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- Experts from the Albert Ellis Institute, New York (and other CBT organizations for the GAD trial) served as consultants for these trials
- RO-TADS: CBT versus Medication vs. their Combination in the treatment of depression in children and adolescents (Coordinators: Dr. Felicia Iftene & Dr. Daniel David)
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- Bibliotherapy for depression: Cognitive bibliotherapy for mild depressive symptomatology. Randomized clinical trial of efficacy and mechanism of change (Coordinators: Dr. Daniel David and Dr. Ramona Moldovan)
- International Depression Group – coordinated by Pim Cuijpers – Romania: Daniel David; a series of papers are planed based on individual patient data meta-analyses (e.g., Cuijper, P., Weitz, E., Twisk, J., Kuehner, C, David, D. et al. (in press). Gender as predictor and moderator of outcome in cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: An “individual patient data” meta-analysis. Depression & Anxiety.
- The Research Infrastructure: the Clinical Research Unit
- GAD: Cognitive therapy vs. Rational emotive behavior therapy vs. Acceptance and commitment therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. (Coordinators: Dr. Daniel David & Dr. Aurora Szentagotai)
- The correlation of functional brain activity at rest with psychological (e.g., irrational beliefs) and physiological variables (Investigators: Dr. Ioana Cristea, BBU; Dr. Daniel David; Dr. Claudio Gentili, University of Pisa; May-June 2012)
- The Research Infrastructure: the SkyRa Platform
- Neurobiological correlates of the haptic pop-out effect (Investigators: Dr. Ioana Cristea; Dr. Daniel David; Dr. Emiliano Ricciardi, University of Pisa; Ph.D. candidate Andrea Leo, University of Pisa; May 2012)
- The Research Infrastructure: the SkyRa Platform
- Neuroimagistics in chronic insomnia – A pilor study (Investigators: Dr. Bogdan Voinescu, BBU; Dr. Aurora Szentagotai; Dr. Daniel David; June 2012)
- The Research Infrastructure: the SkyRa Platform
II. Key international editorial positions/activities
- Springer-related projects
- Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (Daniel David – Co-editor)
- Book series – SpringerBriefs (Daniel David – Co-editor)
- Wiley-related projects
- Edited book: David, Lynn, & Montgomery (eds., in preparation). Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: The State of the Science and Practice. Wiley.
- The book will use a new classification system of psychotherapy (proposed by David & Montgomery, 2011) to evaluate the key psychological treatments for major mental disorders. For each major psychological disorder key international clinicians and researchers are invited to make the analysis and write the chapter.
- David, D., & Montgomery, G. H. (2011). The scientific status of psychotherapies: A new evaluative framework for evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 18, 89-99.
- The book will use a new classification system of psychotherapy (proposed by David & Montgomery, 2011) to evaluate the key psychological treatments for major mental disorders. For each major psychological disorder key international clinicians and researchers are invited to make the analysis and write the chapter.
- Edited book: David, Lynn, & Montgomery (eds., in preparation). Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: The State of the Science and Practice. Wiley.
III. International Excellence Research Networks
- rNetwork
- Dr. Daniel David (Coordinator of the Network)
- ISIC Excellence Network
- Dr. Cristina Botella, Universitat Jaume I, Spania (Coordinator of the Network)
IV. Other recent international colaborations (selection)
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The Ph.D. student Mars Moles (under the supervision of Dr. Soledad Quero), Universitat Jaume I, Spain, will run some of her research activities (May-July 2013) at the Institute (under the supervision of Dr. Daniel David).
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The Ph.D. student Huseyin Cakal (under the supervision of Dr. Miles Hewstone), University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, run some of his research activities (2010) regarding intergroup contact and collective action at the Institute.
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Dr. Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France, run in 2011, together with our team from Data Lab, a series of research activities relating robotherapy, on the Matrix Platform.
- Tapus, A., Peca, A., Aly, A., Pop, C., Jisa, L., Pintea, S., Rusu, A., and David, D. Children with autism social engagement in interaction with Nao, an imitative robot: A series of single case experiments, Interaction Studies, 13(3), pp 315-347, December 2012.
- ROAMER project (A Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe); position: expert
- Emmelkamp, P.M.G., David, D., et al. (2013). Advancing psychotherapy and evidence-based psychological interventions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 23, 58-91.
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