The Dodo Bird Hypothesis

02/25/13 • 50 min

This episode is primarily relevant to professionals.

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Rob DeRubeis, PhD about the Dodo Bird Hypothesis. Specifically, they discuss:

What the Dodo Bird Hypothesis is
The history of this research literature
Whether all psychotherapies have roughly the same outcomes and where this notion comes from
The role of allegiance in psychotherapy research
And, more!

ROBERT J. DERUBEIS, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Dr. DeRubeis has been on the Penn faculty since his appointment as assistant professor in 1983 after receiving his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota. He has served as associate dean for the Social Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences, and director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department’s doctoral training program in Clinical Psychology. He is currently chair of the Department of Psychology.

He has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and book chapters on topics that center on the treatment of depression. He received the Academy of Cognitive Therapy’s Aaron T. Beck Award in 2004 for his contributions to research on cognitive therapy. His empirical research comparing the benefits of cognitive therapy and medications for severe depression, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and the Archives of General Psychiatry, has been the subject of media reports in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. In 2010 he presented a briefing to the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Research Interests and Current Projects

Dr. DeRubeis’s research focuses on the processes that cause and maintain disorders of mood, as well as the treatment processes that reduce and prevent the return of mood symptoms. The contexts for this work are randomized clinical trials in which the effects of antidepressant medications are compared with cognitive therapy in people with major depressive disorder. Along with his students and collaborators, he examines the data obtained in these trials to further an understanding of the mechanisms through which these treatments exert their effects. He also develops and refines the methods that are required for testing hypotheses with longitudinal data.

This episode is primarily relevant to professionals.

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Rob DeRubeis, PhD about the Dodo Bird Hypothesis. Specifically, they discuss:

What the Dodo Bird Hypothesis is
The history of this research literature
Whether all psychotherapies have roughly the same outcomes and where this notion comes from
The role of allegiance in psychotherapy research
And, more!

ROBERT J. DERUBEIS, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Research Interests and Current Projects

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The issue of co-morbidity in DSM-V Childhood Mental Disorders

DSM and the issue of co-morbidity in childhood mental disorders - a functional perspective and proposed solution This episode is primarily relevant to professionals and students.

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Ennio Cipani, PhD about the DSM system and it’s problem with co-morbidity. They discuss a number of things including:

The difference between a topographic and functional approach to diagnosis and treatment
How the functional approach might be an approach that escapes the DSM problem of co-morbidity
His functional diagnostic system
How an analysis of negative symptoms can have utility for a diagnostic system to discern chronic conditions

References related to this podcast:

Functional Behavioral Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment (2nd Edition, 2011). Cipani and Schock.

The issue of co-morbidity in DSM-V Childhood Mental Disorders: A functional perspective and proposed alternative diagnostic system. (2012, May 7). CBT Radio Podcast.

ENNIO CIPANI, PhD. BIOGRAPHY

Ennio Cipani, Ph.D., a graduate of Florida State University, is a licensed psychologist

and a full professor at National University- Fresno. He has published numerous articles,

chapters, instructional materials and books (available from amazon.com, search Cipani)

including Classroom management for all teachers: Evidence-based practice (3rd edition, 2008) and Punishment on

Trial (2004). He has given many workshops and continuing education courses focusing on the effective

management of problem child behavior. Dr. Cipani has been doing in-home and

school based behavioral consultations for families and school personnel since 1982.

He has dealt with many families and a variety of behavior problems, conducting assessment

and intervention activities in homes and classrooms.

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The Nurture Effect

Episode # 37

Running time: 1:01:37

Podcast relevance: Professionals and Consumers

In this episode, Trent Codd interviews Anthony Biglan, Ph.D. the author of The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World .

Specifically, they discuss:

how to create family, school, workplace, and community environments that nurture wellbeing
the power a small set of core principles can have in preventing many mental health and behavioral problems
why and how capitalism has evolved in a direction that has increased economic inequality and poverty

Biography

Anthony Biglan, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute. He has been conducting research on the development and prevention of child and adolescent problem behavior for the past 30 years. His work has included studies of the risk and protective factors associated with tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; high-risk sexual behavior; and antisocial behavior. He has conducted numerous experimental evaluations of interventions to prevent tobacco use both through school-based programs and community-wide interventions. And, he has evaluated interventions to prevent high-risk sexual behavior, antisocial behavior, and reading failure.

In recent years, his work has shifted to more comprehensive interventions that have the potential to prevent the entire range of child and adolescent problems. He and colleagues at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences published a book summarizing the epidemiology, cost, etiology, prevention, and treatment of youth with multiple problems (Biglan et al., 2004). He is a former president of the Society for Prevention Research. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention, which released its report in 2009 documenting numerous evidence-based interventions that can prevent multiple problems.

To learn more about the book please visit: www.NurtureEffect.com