Research
Interests
Dr. Spielmans' interests include the following:- Psychotherapy outcomes
- Methods of assessing treatment outcomes
- Interface of science and marketing regarding psychotropic medications
- Accuracy of pharmaceutical advertisements
- Principles of evidence-based treatment in mental health settings
- Health psychology interventions
- Meta-analysis
Publications and Curriculum Vita
Please click the corresponding link to see Dr. Spielmans' CV in .pdf format. By accessing his CV, you can access abstracts, and in some cases, full text of his publications by scrolling to the publication section of the CV document. Should you wish to receive the full text of any article listed on the CV, just email Dr. Spielmans.
Selected Current Projects
- Are cognitive and/or behavioral therapies superior to other psychological interventions in the treatment of anxiety disorders? Dr. Spielmans' research team is currently examining this question via a comprehensive meta-analysis. Preliminary results suggest that all legitimate psychotherapies, including both CBT and non-CBT, are equally efficacious in the treatment of anxiety
- Are cognitive and/or behavioral therapies superior to other psychological interventions in the treatment of headache? Data are currently being collected to examine if behavioral and/or cognitive therapies are superior to other psychological treatments in the treatment of headache. This study will involve a meta-analysis.
- Are evidence based psychotherapies truly superior to usual care? Through examining confounding variables such as researcher allegiance, therapist supervision, and the extent to which usual care represented a bona fide psychotherapy, Dr. Spielmans and his team are attempting to examine to what extent, if any, evidence based psychotherapies are superior to usual care.
- To what extent are medical journal publications redundant? Dr. Spielmans and his team are examining the extent to which a drug to be named later is being marketed through journal publications that present redundant data. Consequences of redundant publications will also be discussed.
Student Researchers
Dr. Spielmans has worked with students on many of his projects, some of which have been presented at local undergraduate and national conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals, including Clinical Psychology Review and the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. If you are a student who may want to work with Dr. Spielmans on a project, contact him via email. He prefers to work with students who have performed well in both a statistics course and a research methods course, but is willing to speak with anyone who is interested in conducting research.
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