David Ekers

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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David Ekers is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Ekers has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Social Psychology, 25 papers in Applied Psychology and 22 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Ekers's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (26 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (24 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 papers). David Ekers is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (26 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (24 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 papers). David Ekers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Pakistan. David Ekers's co-authors include Simon Gilbody, David Richards, Lisa Webster, Dean McMillan, Annemieke van Straten, Pim Cuijpers, Martin Bland, Kim Wright, Edward Watkins and Paul Farrand and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Ekers

53 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Modelling diabetes and depression in Pakistan: using economic modelling to inform intervention design and a clinical trial of a behavioural activation intervention 2025 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Pedro Saramago, Naveed Ahmed, Saima Afaq, Faiza Aslam, Abdul Basit, David Ekers, Asher Fawwad, (unknown), Edward Fottrell, Richard I. G. Holt, Rowena Jacobs, (unknown), Zia Ul Haq, Gerardo A. Zavala, Najma Siddiqi, Simon Walker	0
2	Food insecurity in adults with severe mental illness living in Northern England: A co‐produced cross‐sectional study 2024 ·Nutrition & Dietetics ·(unknown), Fatemeh Eskandari, (unknown), Scott Teasdale, Amelia A. Lake, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chris Lynch, Hannah C. Moore, (unknown), David Ekers, Vicki Whittaker, Jonathan Robinson, Emma L. Giles	1
3	Cost-effectiveness of behavioral activation compared to treatment as usual for depressed older adults in primary care: A cluster randomized controlled trial 2024 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), Gert‐Jan Hendriks, (unknown), Peter Lucassen, Richard C. Oude Voshaar, David Ekers, Harm van Marwijk, Jan Spijker, Judith E. Bosmans	0
4	Behavioural Activation versus Treatment as Usual for Depressed Older Adults in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial 2023 ·Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ·(unknown), Peter Lucassen, Marcus J. H. Huibers, David Ekers, Theo G. Broekman, Judith E. Bosmans, Harm van Marwijk, Jan Spijker, Richard C. Oude Voshaar, Gert‐Jan Hendriks	7
5	Effectiveness and implementation of psychological interventions for depression in people with non-communicable diseases in South Asia: Systematic review and meta-analysis 2023 ·International Journal of Mental Health ·Gerardo A. Zavala, Hannah Maria Jennings, Saima Afaq, Ashraful Alam, Naveed Ahmed, Faiza Aslam, Aatik Arsh, (unknown), David Ekers, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Najma Siddiqi, Judy Wright, Ian Kellar	5
6	Adaptation of a Behavioural Activation Intervention for Depression in People with Diabetes in Bangladesh and Pakistan: DiaDeM Intervention 2023 ·White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·Gerardo A. Zavala, Saima Afaq, (unknown), Naveed Ahmed, Faiza Aslam, (unknown), (unknown), Hannah Maria Jennings, Ian Kellar, (unknown), (unknown), Hira Shakoor, Najma Siddiqi, David Ekers	1
7	Behavioral Activation for Comorbid Depression in People With Noncommunicable Disease in India: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial 2023 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·(unknown), Arun Kandasamy, (unknown), (unknown), Hannah Maria Jennings, Cath Jackson, Papiya Mazumdar, Catherine Hewitt, David Ekers, (unknown), Girish N. Rao, (unknown), Krishna Prasad Muliyala, Santosh K. Chaturvedi, Pratima Murthy, Najma Siddiqi	0
8	Barriers and enablers for young people, parents and therapists undertaking behavioural activation for depression: A qualitative evaluation within a randomised controlled trial 2023 ·Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice ·(unknown), (unknown), David Ekers, Lina Gega, Paul A. Tiffin	2
9	A comparison of the effects of sudden gains and depression spikes on short- and long-term depressive symptoms in a randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation and cognitive behavioural therapy. 2021 ·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ·Heather O’Mahen, Adele M. Hayes, (unknown), (unknown), Mohammod Mostazir, David Ekers, Dean McMillan, David Richards, Kim Wright	4
10	An evaluation of a combined psychological and parenting intervention for HIV-positive women depressed in the perinatal period, to enhance child development and reduce maternal depression: study protocol for the Insika Yomama cluster randomised controlled trial 2021 ·Trials ·Tamsen Rochat, (unknown), Kobus Herbst, (unknown), (unknown), Thandeka Khoza, (unknown), Linda Richter, Louise Linsell, Chris Desmond, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Michelle G. Craske, Ed Juszczak, Melanie Abas, (unknown), David Ekers, Alan Stein	2
11	Behavioural activation for overweight and obese adolescents with low mood delivered in a community setting: feasibility study 2020 ·BMJ Paediatrics Open ·Bronia Arnott, (unknown), David Ekers, Lina Gega, Paul A. Tiffin	8
12	Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behavioural therapy for depression (COBRA): a qualitative process evaluation 2017 ·BMJ Open ·Katie Finning, David Richards, Lucy Moore, David Ekers, Dean McMillan, Paul Farrand, Heather O’Mahen, Edward Watkins, Kim Wright, Emily Fletcher, Shelley Rhodes, Rebecca Woodhouse, (unknown)	21
13	A focused ethnography of a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: factors relevant to the implementation of a depression trial 2017 ·Trials ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul A. Tiffin, Patrick Welsh, (unknown), David Ekers	7
14	Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions for Depression Symptoms in Patients Accessing Drug and Alcohol Treatment 2015 ·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment ·Jaime Delgadillo, (unknown), Shehzad Ali, David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, Gail Gilchrist, Dean McMillan, Elizabeth Hughes	25
15	CASPER plus (CollAborative care in Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depressive disorder): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial 2014 ·Trials ·Karen Overend, Helen Lewis, Della Bailey, Kate Bosanquet, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, David Ekers, Samantha Gascoyne, (unknown), John Holmes, Ada Keding, Dean McMillan, Shaista Meer, Natasha Mitchell, (unknown), Steve Parrott, David Richards, Gemma Traviss‐Turner, Dominic Trépel, Rebecca Woodhouse, Simon Gilbody	14
16	Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (COBRA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial 2014 ·Trials ·Shelley Rhodes, David Richards, David Ekers, Dean McMillan, Sarah Byford, Paul Farrand, Simon Gilbody, Steven D. Hollon, Willem Kuyken, Christopher R. Martell, Heather O’Mahen, (unknown), Donald N. Reed, Rod S Taylor, Edward Watkins, Kim Wright	25
17	Sudden gains in behavioural activation for depression 2014 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·(unknown), David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, David Richards, (unknown), Dean McMillan	22
18	Behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial 2011 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·David Ekers, David Richards, Dean McMillan, Martin Bland, Simon Gilbody	161
19	Cost utility of behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist 2011 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·David Ekers, Christine Godfrey, Simon Gilbody, Steve Parrott, David Richards, Danielle Hammond, Adele M. Hayes	42
20	A meta-analysis of randomized trials of behavioural treatment of depression 2007 ·Psychological Medicine ·David Ekers, David Richards, Simon Gilbody	308

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