Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Five papers, listed by year. Each entry gives the full citation, a link to the abstract on PubMed, and a short plain-language description of what the study set out to do. The descriptions are summaries of each paper's stated aim, not of its findings; read the abstract for results.

• Enhancing behavioral and social skill functioning in children newly diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in a pediatric settingTutty S, Gephart H, Wurzbacher K. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2003;24(1):51–57.

  A study, run inside a pediatric practice, of a program to build behavioral and social skills in children who had just been diagnosed with ADHD. The aim was to improve how these children function day to day, not only to confirm the diagnosis.

• Telephone psychotherapy and telephone care management for primary care patients starting antidepressant treatment: a randomized controlled trialSimon GE, Ludman EJ, Tutty S, Operskalski B, Von Korff M. JAMA. 2004;292(8):935–942.

  A randomized controlled trial with adults who were starting antidepressant medication through their primary care doctor. It tested two kinds of support delivered by phone: care management calls that follow up on treatment, and structured psychotherapy sessions held over the telephone.

• Feasibility and acceptability of a telephone psychotherapy program for depressed adults treated in primary careTutty S, Ludman EJ, Simon G. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2005;27(6):400–410.

  Before asking whether a treatment works, researchers have to know whether it can be delivered at all. This paper looked at the feasibility and acceptability of a telephone psychotherapy program for depressed adults seen in primary care: could it run in that setting, and would patients take part.

• A randomized trial of telephone psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for depression: continuation and durability of effectsLudman EJ, Simon GE, Tutty S, Von Korff M. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2007;75(2):257–266.

  A follow-up to the telephone psychotherapy trial. It asked whether the effects of telephone psychotherapy combined with medication carried on after the sessions ended: the 'continuation and durability' in the title.

• Evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral teletherapy in depressed adultsTutty S, Spangler DL, Poppleton LE, Ludman EJ, Simon GE. Behavior Therapy. 2010;41(2):229–236.

  A study of cognitive-behavioral therapy delivered remotely ('teletherapy') to adults with depression, evaluating how effective that format was.

How to read these citations

Authors are listed in the order they appear on the paper. "Tutty S" is Steve Tutty. The first author usually led the writing of the paper; on the JAMA paper the first author was Greg Simon, MD, and on the JCCP paper E. J. Ludman, with Steve Tutty as a co-author on both. He is first author on the other three. The numbers after the journal name are the year, volume, issue and page range.

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