Bernadka Dubicka, BSc, MBBs, FRCPsych, MD

Search results

• 2022

  Exploring barriers and facilitators for mental health professionals delivering behavioural activation to young people with depression: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework

  Whittenbury, K., Kroll, L., Dubicka, B. & Bull, E. R., 2022, In: BJPsych Open.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2021

  Feasibility study of a new behavioural activation programme for young people with depressed mood

  Dubicka, B., Marwedel, S., Banares, S., McCulloch, A., Tahoun, T., Hearn, J. & Kroll, L., 24 May 2021, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Young People 100%
  • Medical Specialist 20%
  • Mental Health Service 15%
  • Mood 15%
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health 15%
• 2020

  Editorial: How in the world are we handling COVID‐19?

  Dubicka, B. & Carlson, G., 1 Aug 2020, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Pre-pubertal bipolar disorder: origins and current status of the controversy

  Duffy, A., Carlson, G., Dubicka, B. & Hillegers, M. H. J., 30 Apr 2020, In: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Toward precision therapeutics: general and specific factors differentiate symptom change in depressed adolescents

  Aitken, M., Haltigan, J. D., Szatmari, P., Dubicka, B., Fonagy, P., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Reynolds, S., Wilkinson, P. O. & Goodyer, I. M., 30 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 61, 9, p. 998-1008 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorder 100%
  • Psychopathology 100%
  • Symptom 80%
  • Psychotherapy 80%
  • Adolescents 80%
• 2019

  Adolescents’ experiences of brief psychosocial intervention for depression: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of good-outcome cases

  Dhanak, D., Thackeray, L., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R., Goodyer, I. M. & Midgley, N., 30 Jun 2019, In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychosocial Intervention 100%
  • Adolescents 85%
  • Treatment 57%
  • Depression 42%
  • Interviews 28%

• Child and adolescent mental health amidst emergencies and disasters

  Danese, A., Smith, P., Chitsabesan, P. & Dubicka, B., 30 Nov 2019, In: The British Journal of Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Debate Editorial: Very early onset bipolar disorder - international differences in prevalence, practice or language?

  Carlson, G. A. & Dubicka, B., 30 Jan 2019, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Editorial: Screen time, social media and developing brains: a cause for good or corrupting young minds?

  Dubicka, B., Martin, J. & Firth, J., 1 Jan 2019, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 24, 3, p. 203-204 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Young People 100%
  • Family 50%
  • Youth 50%
  • Narcotic Drugs 50%
  • Person 50%

• Prognostic Implications for Adolescents With Depression Who Drop Out of Psychological Treatment During a Randomized Controlled Trial

  O’Keeffe, S., Martin, P., Goodyer, I. M., Kelvin, R., Dubicka, B., Midgley, N., Goodyer, I. M., Reynolds, S., Barrett, B., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., Holland, F., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Roberts, C., Senior, R., Target, M., Widmer, B., Wilkinson, P., & 1 othersFonagy, P., 30 Oct 2019, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 58, 10, p. 983-992 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• T107. Neurological Predictors of Symptom Trajectories During and Following Treatment of Adolescents With a Primary Diagnosis of Major Depression

  Davies, S., Neufeld, S., Sprang, E. V., Schweren, L., Keivit, R., Fonagy, P., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Reynolds, S., Target, M., Wilkinson, P., Harmelen, A-L. V., Suckling, J. & Goodyer, I. M., 30 May 2019, In: Biological Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Treatment 100%
  • Adolescents 100%
  • Predictor 66%
  • Nonresponse 66%
  • Major Depression 33%

• Trajectories of depression symptom change during and following treatment in adolescents with unipolar major depression

  Davies, S. E., Neufeld, S. A. S., Sprang, E., Schweren, L., Keivit, R., Fonagy, P., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Reynolds, S., Target, M., Wilkinson, P., Harmelen, A. L. & Goodyer, I. M., 30 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Patient 100%
  • Treatment 70%
  • Depression 60%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 50%
  • Adolescent 40%
• 2018

  6.1 Brief Psychosocial Intervention for Teens With Major Depression

  Dubicka, B. W., 30 Oct 2018, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Antidepressants in paediatric depression: do not look back in anger but around in awareness

  Brent, D. A., Gibbons, R. D., Wilkinson, P. & Dubicka, B., 30 Jan 2018, In: BJPsych Bulletin.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Pediatrics 100%
  • Depression 100%
  • Escitalopram 66%
  • Fluoxetine 66%

• Blue blocking glasses worn at night in first year higher education students with sleep complaints: a feasibility study

  Algorta, G. P., Meter, A. V., Dubicka, B., Jones, S., Youngstrom, E. & Lobban, F., 1 Nov 2018, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sleep 100%
  • Spectacles 50%
  • Student 28%
  • Young Adult 14%
  • Higher Education 14%

• Latest thinking on antidepressants in children and young people

  Dubicka, B. & Wilkinson, P. O., 30 Mar 2018, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Antidepressant 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Adolescents 100%
  • Young People 66%

• Recent developments in the treatment of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents

  Hussain, H., Dubicka, B. & Wilkinson, P., 30 Jul 2018, In: Evidence Based Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Therapeutic Procedure 100%
  • Treatment 100%
  • Child 83%
  • Young People 66%
  • Depression 66%

• ‘Interaction structures’ between depressed adolescents and their therapists in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy

  Calderon, A., Schneider, C., Target, M., Midgley, N., Goodyer, I. M., Reynolds, S., Barrett, B., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., Holland, F., Kelvin, R., Roberts, C., Senior, R., Widmer, B., Wilkinson, P. & Fonagy, P., 6 Nov 2018, In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2017

  Cognitive behavioural therapy and short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy versus brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depression (IMPACT): a multicentre, pragmatic, observer-blind, randomised controlled trial

  Goodyer, I. M., Reynolds, S., Barrett, B., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., Holland, F., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Roberts, C., Senior, R., Target, M., Widmer, B., Wilkinson, P. & Fonagy, P., 1 Apr 2017, In: Health Technology Assessment. 21, 12, p. 1-93 94 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Treatment 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 75%
  • Depression 66%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 50%
  • Adolescent 50%
  99 Downloads (Pure)

• Cognitive behavioural therapy and short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy versus brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depressive disorder (IMPACT): A multicentre, pragmatic, observer-blind, randomised controlled superiority trial

  Goodyer, I. M., Reynolds, S., Barrett, B., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., Holland, F., Kelvin, R., Midgley, N., Roberts, C., Senior, R., Target, M., Widmer, B., Wilkinson, P. & Fonagy, P., Feb 2017, In: The Lancet Psychiatry. 21, 12, p. 109-119

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Treatment 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 75%
  • Depression 66%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 50%
  • Adolescent 50%
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Editorial: Pharmacotherapy and adolescent depression - an important treatment option

  Dubicka, B. & Brent, D., 30 Apr 2017, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Mental health services for children fail to meet soaring demand

  Dubicka, B. & Bullock, T., 30 Sep 2017, In: BMJ.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Mental Health Service 50%
  • Mental Health 33%
  • Health 16%
  • Adult 16%

• Newer generation antidepressants for young people: Real-life evidence needed: Commentary on… cochrane corner

  Hussain, H., Dubicka, B. & Wilkinson, P., 1 Mar 2017, In: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 23, 2, p. 75-80 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Placebo 100%
  • Depression 100%
  • Clinical Practice 100%
  • Patient 50%
  • Young People 50%
• 2016

  Clinical characteristics associated with the prescribing of SSRI medication in adolescents with major unipolar depression

  Cousins, L., Whitaker, K. J., Widmer, B., Midgley, N., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R., Reynolds, S., Roberts, C., Holland, F., Barrett, B., Senior, R., Wilkinson, P., Target, M., Fonagy, P. & Goodyer, I. M., 28 Apr 2016, In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Serotonin 100%
  • Major Depressive Episode 100%
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor 100%
  • Major Depression 100%
  • Depression 75%
• 2015

  Measurement Issues: Depression measures in children and adolescents

  Simmons, M., Wilkinson, P. & Dubicka, B., 29 Apr 2015, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 20, 4, p. 230-241 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Depression 100%
  • Rating Scale 40%
  • Diagnosis 20%
  • Recognition 20%
  • Measurement 20%
• 2012

  Associations between adolescent depression and parental mental health, before and after treatment of adolescent depression

  Wilkinson, P. O., Harris, C., Kelvin, R., Dubicka, B. & Goodyer, I. M., 27 Jul 2012, In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 22, p. 3-11 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adolescents 100%
  • Mental Health 77%
  • Depression 55%
  • Children 33%
  • Treatment 22%
• 2011

  Clinical and Psychosocial Predictors of Suicide Attempts and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in the Adolescent Depression Antidepressants and Psychotherapy Trial (ADAPT).

  Wilkinson, P., Kelvin, R., Roberts, C., Dubicka, B. & Goodyer, I., May 2011, In: The American journal of psychiatry. 168, 5, p. 495

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Improving mood with psychoanalytic and cognitive therapies (IMPACT): A pragmatic effectiveness superiority trial to investigate whether specialised psychological treatment reduces the risk for relapse in adolescents with moderate to severe unipolar depression: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

  Goodyer, I. M., Tsancheva, S., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., Kelvin, R., Reynolds, S., Roberts, C., Senior, R., Suckling, J., Wilkinson, P., Target, M. & Fonagy, P., 13 Jul 2011, In: Trials. 12, 175.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychoanalytic Therapy 100%
  • Cognitive Therapy 85%
  • Psychological Treatment 85%
  • Treatment 71%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 71%
• 2010

  Combined treatment with cognitive-behavioural therapy in adolescent depression: Meta-analysis

  Dubicka, B., Elvins, R., Roberts, C., Chick, G., Wilkinson, P. & Goodyer, I. M., Dec 2010, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 197, 6, p. 433-440 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Therapeutic Procedure 100%
  • Treatment 100%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 55%
  • Antidepressant 55%
  • Depression 44%

• Forum: the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in depressed children and adolescents: Commentary on the meta-analysis by Hetrick et al

  Goodyer, I. M., Wilkinson, P., Dubicka, B. & Kelvin, R., 30 Jan 2010, In: Current opinion in psychiatry. 23, 1, p. 58-61 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Serotonin 100%
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor 100%
  • Adolescents 75%
  • Children 50%
  • Meta-Analysis 50%

• Legal Dilemmas for Clinicians Working with Children and Young People

  Bowers, M. & Dubicka, B., 2010, In: Child: Care, Health & Development. 36, 4, p. 592-596 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Pharmacological treatment of depression and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents

  Dubicka, B., Wilkinson, P., Kelvin, R. G. & Goodyer, I. M., Nov 2010, In: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 16, 6, p. 402-412 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Drug Therapy 100%
  • Treatment of Depression 100%
  • Treatment 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 75%
  • Adolescent 75%

• The use of antidepressants in children and adolescents

  Dubicka, B., Goodyer, I., Wilkinson, P. & Kelvin, R., 2010, In: Current opinion in psychiatry. 23, 1, p. 58-61 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2009

  Bipolar Disorder in Children

  Carlson, G. & Dubicka, B., 2009, In: www.pointofcare.bmj.com.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Legal dilemmas for clinicians involved in the care and treatment of children and young people with mental disorder: Legal dilemmas and young patients with mental disorder

  Bowers, M. & Dubicka, B., 2009, In: Child: Care, Health and Development. 36, 4, p. 592-6 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Young People 60%
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorder 50%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 40%
  • Mental Health 40%

• Treated depression in adolescents: Predictors of outcome at 28 weeks

  Wilkinson, P., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R., Roberts, C. & Goodyer, I., Apr 2009, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 194, 4, p. 334-341 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Depression 100%
  • Adolescents 80%
  • Treatment 40%
  • Assessment 40%
  • Major Depression 40%

• Treatment of adolescent major depression: a comparison of TADS and ADAPT

  Dubicka, B., March, J., Wilkinson, P., Kelvin, R. & Goodyer, I., 2009, In: Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Occasional Papers Series.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  Prepubertal mania: Diagnostic differences between US and UK clinicians

  Dubicka, B., Carlson, G. A., Vail, A. & Harrington, R., Apr 2008, In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 17, 3, p. 153-161 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinician 100%
  • Diagnosis 88%
  • Child 22%
  • thought 22%
  • Symptom 22%
• 2007

  Cost-effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and routine specialist care with and without cognitive-behavioural therapy in adolescents with major depression

  Byford, S., Barrett, B., Roberts, C., Wilkinson, P., Dubicka, B., Kelvin, R. G., White, L., Ford, C., Breen, S. & Goodyer, I., Dec 2007, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 191, p. 521-527 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor 100%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 85%
  • Health Care Cost 71%
  • Major Depressive Episode 71%
  • Adolescent 71%

• Evidence-based treatment of adolescent major depression

  Dubicka, B. & Wilkinson, P., Nov 2007, In: Evidence-Based Mental Health. 10, 4, p. 100-102 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and routine specialist care with and without cognitive behaviour therapy in adolescents with major depression: Randomised controlled trial

  Goodyer, I., Dubicka, B., Wilkinson, P., Kelvin, R., Roberts, C., Byford, S., Breen, S., Ford, C., Barrett, B., Leech, A., Rothwell, J., White, L. & Harrington, R., 21 Jul 2007, In: Bmj. 335, 7611, p. 142-146 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adolescent 100%
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor 100%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 71%
  • Major Depressive Episode 57%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 42%
• 2006

  Suicidal behaviour in youths with depression treated with new-generation antidepressants: Meta-analysis

  Dubicka, B., Hadley, S. & Roberts, C., Nov 2006, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 189, p. 393-398 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Antidepressant 100%
  • Automutilation 66%
  • Self-Harm 66%
  • Depression 50%
  • Placebo 33%
• 2005

  Commentary: Fluoxetine plus cognitive behavioural therapy was most effective for adolescents with major depressive disorder

  Dubicka, B. & Rew, L., 2005, In: Evidence-Based Nursing. 8, 2, p. 45

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Should we prescribe antidepressants to children?

  Dubicka, B. & Goodyer, I., May 2005, In: Psychiatric Bulletin. 29, 5, p. 164-167 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2004

  Affective Conduct Disorder

  Dubicka, B. & Harrington, R., 2004, Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry, eds S. Bailey and M. Dolan.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2002

  Adolescent depression: An evidence-based approach to intervention

  Harrington, R. & Dubicka, B., 2002, In: Current opinion in psychiatry. 15, 4, p. 369-375 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Depression 100%
  • Adolescents 75%
  • Psychological Treatment 75%
  • Research 50%
  • Treatment 50%
• 2001

  Natural History of Mood disorders in Children and Adolescents

  Dubicka, B. & Harrington, R., 2001, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Depression in children and Adolscents)

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
• 1999

  The MacArthur Three-City Multisite Outcome Study: evaluating multi-informant measures of young children's symptomatology

  Ablow, J., Measelle, J. R., Kraemer, H. C., Harrington, R., Luby, J., Smider, N., Dierker, L., Clark, V., Dubicka, B., Heffelfinger, A., Essex, M. J. & Kupfer, D. J., 1999, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 38. 12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review