Dr. Simon Blackwell

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Positive Mental Imagery, von Psychopathologie (Depression, Anhedonie) zu positiven Aspekten mentaler Gesundheit (Optimismus, Resilienz)
• Identifizierung neuartiger kognitiver Ziele für Interventionen (z. B. positive mentale Bilder) und Interventionsansätze mit geringer Intensität (z. B. Internetvermittlung)
• Translationale Forschungsmethoden, von Einzelfallserien bis zu randomisierten kontrollierten Studien

Gegenwärtige und frühere akademische Positionen

• Seit 2015: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Postdoc), Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 2015-2017: Gastwissenschaftler, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, Großbritannien
• 2015-2016: Junior-Forschungsstipendiat, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Großbritannien
• 2012-2015: Wissenschaftlicher Prüfer, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, Großbritannien
• 2010-2012: Postdoktorand, Abteilung für Psychiatrie, Universität Oxford, Großbritannien
• 2008-2010: Klinischer Psychologe, Psychologischer Dienst, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Großbritannien
• 2005-2008: Klinischer Psychologe in Ausbildung, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Großbritannien
• 2002-2004: Assistent im Gesundheitswesen, South West London und St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, Großbritannien

Akademische und psychotherapeutische Qualifikationen | Weiterbildungen

• 2016-2017: Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil.), Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Ausgezeichnete Note: summa cum laude.
• 2005-2008: Doktor in Klinischer Psychologie (D.Clin.Psych.), Universität Oxford. Britische Qualifikation als Klinischer Psychologe (britisches Äquivalent zur deutschen Approbation als Psychotherapeut).
• 2004-2005: M.Sc. Research in Psychologie, Universität Oxford
• 1999-2002: BA (Hons) Natural Sciences, Universität Cambridge

Funktionen | Mitgliedschaften in Fachgesellschaften | Ehrenämter

• 2020-2021: Wissenschaftlicher Ausschuss der EABCT. Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Komitees für den 50. Jahreskongress der Europäischen Gesellschaft für Verhaltens- und Kognitive Therapien, Belfast, September 2021
• 2017-2019: Vorsitzender des wissenschaftlichen Komitees des WCBCT. Leiter des Open Papers and Posters (English Language) Streams für den 9. Weltkongress für Verhaltenstherapie und kognitive Therapien, Berlin, Juli 2019
• 2015: Beitrag zur Konsultationssitzung von Lancet Psychiatry, "Psychologische Behandlungsforschung in der Wissenschaft von morgen: Vorausschauen", London, Dezember 2015
• 2012-heute: Wissenschaftliches Komitee der BABCP. Co-Leiter des "Basic-Processes"-Streams, verantwortlich für die Zusammenstellung der wissenschaftlichen Inhalte und die Einladung von Referenten für die Jahreskonferenz der British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

Fördermittel | Auszeichnungen | Stipendien

• 2019-2021: Mercator Research Center Ruhr: Ausgewählt als Mitglied der Global Young Faculty VI (https://www.global-young-faculty.de/)
• 2016-2019: NIHR (UK), "A brief early intervention for adolescent depression that targets emotional memories: a feasibility randomised controlled trial", PI: Victoria Pile (King’s College London), co-PI Emily Holmes, Simon Blackwell, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Barney Dunn, Jennifer Lau, Patrick Smith
• 2015-2019: Wolfson College, Universität Cambridge: Nachwuchs-Forschungsstipendium
• 2013-2014: Bupa Foundation (Australia), "Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression", PI: Alishia Williams (University of New South Wales), co-PI Emily Holmes, Simon Blackwell, Gavin Andrews
• 2013: British Psychological Society Postdoc-Studienbesuchsprogramm (2011/2012). Geförderter Studienaufenthalt bei Prof. Per Carlbring, Universität Stockholm, Schweden
• 2000-2001: Queens’ College, Universität Cambridge: Stipendium der Stiftung (2001), College Exhibitioner (2000), Mosseri Preis (Biological Sciences, 2000)

Forschungsprojekte

• Methodische Arbeit, Entwicklung effizienterer Designs für die klinische translationale Forschung, z. B. unter Verwendung sequentieller Bayes'scher Analysen (wie z. B. das "Leapfrog"-Design)
• Klinische Studien, die computergestützte, auf positiven Bildern basierende Interventionen untersuchen (z. B. Modifikation kognitiver Verzerrungen durch positive Bilder)
• Experimentelle und beurteilungsbasierte Studien, die die Messung von mentalen Bildern und die unterschiedlichen Rollen und Auswirkungen verschiedener Arten von mentalen Bildern untersuchen (z. B. spontane positive Bilder im Alltag)

Sonstiges

Webseiten und soziale Medien:

• Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/x53hy/
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3313-7084
• Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Blackwell
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blackwell_SE

Redaktionelle Arbeit und Peer Review

• Associate Editor für British Journal of Clinical Psychology (2018-heute)
• Editorial Board für International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (2018-2019) und Behaviour Research and Therapy (2017-heute).
• Co-Editor der Sonderausgabe in Behaviour Research and Therapy zum Thema „Mental Imagery bei generalisierter Angststörung“, mit Dr. Naomi Koerner (2018-2020).
• Co-Editor der Sonderausgabe in International Journal of Cognitive Therapy zu dem Thema “CBT at the Crossroads”, mit Prof. Thomas Heidenreich (2019-2021).
• Reviewer für > 40 verschiedene wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften, inklusive British Journal of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Clinical Psychology Review, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Psychological Science, Psychological Bulletin, Lancet Psychiatry.

Vordruck

• Landrø, N. I., Harmer, C. J., Blackwell, S., Ragnhild, B., Dawson, G. R., Solbø Hagen, H., Goodwin, G., Kingslake, J., Klovning, A., Klungsøyr, O., Schjøtt-Pedersen, O., Sæther, A. K., Stensland Torgersen, K., Vaaler, A., Andreassen, O. A., Røssberg., J. I. (2023, May). Combining Antidepressants and Attention Bias Modification in Primary Health Care (Deptreat): Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4432299 (view preprint)
• Cwik, J. C., Spies, J. D., Kessler, H., Herpertz, S., Woud, M. L., Blackwell, S. E., … Köhler, K. (2023, May 16). Psychometric properties of the German version of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) in routine clinical settings: a multi-trait/multi-method study in civilians and military personnel. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ah6xv (view preprint)
• MacLennan K., Schwannauer M., McLaughlin A. L., Allan, S., Blackwell, S. E., Ashworth, F., & Chan, S. W. Y. (2023, May). Project Soothe: A pilot study evaluating the mood effects of soothing images collected using a citizen science approach [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Research, 8:218.  doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18950.1 (view preprint)
• Würtz, F., Kube, T., Woud, M. L., Margraf, J., & Blackwell, S. E. (2023, May 10). Reduced Belief Updating in the Context of Depressive Symptoms – An Investigation of the Associations with Interpretation Biases and Self-Evaluation. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/sqetk (view preprint)
• Fink-Lamotte, J., Hilbert, K., Bentz, D., Blackwell, S. E., Boehnke, J. R., Burghardt, J., Cludius, B., Ehrenthal, J. C., Elsaesser, M., Haberkamp, A., Hechler, T., Kräplin, A., Paret, C., Schulze, L., Wilker, S. & Niemeyer, H., (2023, March 30). Response to responsible research assessment I and II from the perspective of the DGPs working group on open science in clinical psychology. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/rnwsb (view preprint)
• Bagheri, M., Woud, M. L., Fachri Oglou, I., Fachri Oglou, F., Ratzkowski, J. D. J., Margraf, J., & Blackwell, S. E. (2023, February 22). An Experimental Investigation of the Causal Role of Mental Imagery in the Experience of Involuntary Memories. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/e54fg (view preprint)
• Bibi, A., Blackwell, S. E., & Margraf, J. (2021, August 26). Positive Mental Imagery and Mental Health amongst University Students in Pakistan. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/q26da (view preprint)

Begutachteter Artikel

Im Druck

• Blackwell, S. E., Wilhelm, F. H., Reinecke, A., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (in press). Measuring Symptom-Specific Panic-Relevant Associations Using Single-Target Implicit Association Tests. Cognitive Therapy and Research. doi: 10.1007/s10608-023-10384-7 (view article)
• Blackwell, S. E., Schönbrodt, F. D., Woud, M. L., Wannemüller, A., Bektas, B., Rodrigues, M. B., Hirdes, J., Stumpp, M., & Margraf, J. (in press). Demonstration of a ‘leapfrog’ randomized controlled trial as a method to accelerate the development and optimization of psychological interventions. Psychological Medicine. doi: 10.1017/ S0033291722003294 (view article / view preprint)
• Blackwell, S. E., Ehring, T., Gladwin, T., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (in press). The relationship between self-traumatized and self-vulnerable automatic associations and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adults who have experienced a distressing life event. Current Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02441-9 (view article / view preprint)

2023

• Würtz, F., Steinman, S., Blackwell, S. E., Wilhelm, F. H., Reinecke, A., Adolph, D., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (in press). Effects of Training Body-Related Interpretations on Panic-Related Cognitions and Symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47, 494-509. doi: 10.1007/s10608-023-10358-9 (view article)

2022

• Blackwell, S. E., & Woud, M. L. (2022). Making the leap: From experimental psychopathology to clinical trials. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 13(1), 20438087221080076. doi: 10.1177/20438087221080075 (view article / view preprint)
• Würtz, F., Zahler, L., Blackwell, S. E., Margraf, J., Bagheri, M., & Woud, M. L. (2022). Scrambled but valid? The scrambled sentences task as a measure of interpretation biases in psychopathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 93, 102133. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102133 (view article / view preprint)
• Würtz, F., Krans, J., Blackwell, S. E., Cwik, J. C., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (2022). Using Cognitive Bias Modification-Appraisal Training to Manipulate Appraisals about the Self and the World in Analog Trauma. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 46, 232-246. doi: 10.1007/s10608-021-10257-x (view article /  view preprint)

2021

• Westermann, K., Woud, M. L., Cwik, J. C., Graz, C., Nyhuis, P., Margraf, J., & Blackwell, S. E. (2021). Feasibility of computerized positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in inpatient mental health settings: a randomized controlled trial. BJPsychOpen, 7, e203. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.1042 (view article / view preprint)
• Woud, M. L., Blackwell, S. E., Shkreli, L., Würtz, F., Cwik, J. C., Margraf, J., Holmes, E. A., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., Herpertz, S., & Kessler, H. (2021). The effects of modifying dysfunctional appraisals in post-traumatic stress disorder using a form of cognitive bias modification: Results of a randomized controlled trial in an inpatient setting. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90, 386-402. doi: 10.1159/000514166 (view article)
• Pile, V., Smith, P., Leamy, M., Oliver, A., Blackwell, S. E., Meiser-Stedman, R., Dunn, B. D., Holmes, E. A., & Lau, J. Y. F. (2021). Harnessing mental imagery and enhancing memory specificity: developing a brief early intervention for depressive symptoms in adolescence. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 885-901. doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10130-3 (view article)
• Zahler, L., Meyers, M., Woud, M. L., Blackwell, S. E., Margraf, J., & Velten, J. (2021). Using three indirect measures to assess the role of sexuality-related associations and interpretations for women’s sexual desire: An Internet-based experimental study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2471-2484. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01897-3 (view article)
• Wannemüller, A., Kumsta, R., Jöhren, H-P., Eley, T. C., Teismann, T., Moser, D., Rayner, C., Breen, G., Schaumburg, S., Blackwell, S. E., & Margraf, J. (2021). Genes in treatment: polygenic risk scores for different psychopathologies, neuroticism, educational attainment and IQ and the outcome of two different exposure-based fear treatments. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 22, 699-712. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2021.1907708 (view article)
• Pile, V., Smith, P., Leamy, M., Oliver, A., Bennett, E., Blackwell, S. E., Meiser-Stedman, R., Stringer, D., Dunn, B. D., Holmes, E. A., Lau, J. Y. F. (2021). A feasibility randomised controlled trial of a brief early intervention for adolescent depression that targets emotional mental images and memory specificity (IMAGINE trial). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 143, 103876. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103876 (view article)
• Wong, S. F., Vaillancourt, S., Grossman, S., Kelly-Turner, K., Blackwell, S. E., Ellenbogen, M. A. (2021) Intranasal oxytocin increases state anhedonia following imagery training of positive social outcomes in individuals lower in extraversion, trust-altruism, and openness to experience. International Journal of Psychophysiology165, 8-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.013 (view article)
• Bibi, A., Blackwell, S. E., & Margraf, J. (2021). Mental health, suicidal ideation, and experience of bullying among university students in Pakistan. Journal of Health Psychology, 26, 1185-1196. doi: 10.1177/1359105319869819 (view article)
• Blackwell, S. E. & Heidenreich, T. (2021). Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the crossroads. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 14, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s41811-021-00104-y (view article)
• Blackwell, S. E. (2021). Mental imagery in the science and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: past, present, and future perspectives. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 14, 160-181. doi: 10.1007/s41811-021-00102-0 (view article)
• Koerner, N., & Blackwell, S. E. (2021). Mental imagery in chronic worry and generalized anxiety disorder: Shining a spotlight on a key research and clinical target. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 137, 103785. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103785 (view article)

2020

• Blackwell, S. E. (2020). Clinical efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 465-467. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30170-X (view article / view manuscript version)
• Blackwell, S. E., Dooley, D., Würtz, F., Woud, M. L., & Margraf, J. (2020). Inducing positive involuntary mental imagery in everyday life: an experimental investigation. Memory, 28, 1157-1172. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2020.1822413 (view article / view preprint version)
• Bibi, A., Margraf, J., & Blackwell, S. E. (2020). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification for symptoms of depression amongst university students in Pakistan: a pilot study, Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 11. doi: 10.1177/2043808720918030 (view article)
• Iyadurai, L., Hales, S. A., Blackwell, S. E., Young, K., & Holmes, E. A. (2020). Targeting intrusive imagery using a competing task technique: a case study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48, 739-744. doi:10.1017/S1352465820000296 (view article)
• Kessler, H., Schmidt, A.-C., James, E. L., Blackwell, S. E., von Rauchhaupt, M., Harren, K., Kehyayan, A., Clark, I. A., Sauvage, M., Herpertz, S., Axmacher, N., & Holmes, E. A. (2020). Visuospatial computer game play after memory reactivation delivered three days after a traumatic film reduces the number of intrusive memories of the experimental trauma. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 67, 101454. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.01.006 (view article)
• Miragall, M., Borrego, A., Cebolla, A., Etchemendy, E., Navarro-Siurana, J., Llorens, R., Blackwell, S. E., & Baños, R. M. (2020). Effect of an upright (vs. Stooped) posture on interpretation bias, imagery, and emotions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 68, 101560. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2020.101560 (view article)
• Spies, J. P., Woud, M. L., Kessler, H., Rau, H., Willmund, G. D., Köhler, K., Herpertz, S., Blackwell, S. E., Bovin, M. J., Marx, B., & Cwik, J. C. (2020). Psychometric properties of the German version of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) in clinical routine settings: study design and protocol of a multitrait-multimethods study. BMJ Open, 10:e036078. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036078 (view article)

2019

• Blackwell, S. E., Woud, M., Margraf, J., & Schönbrodt, F. D. (2019). Introducing the leapfrog design: A simple Bayesian adaptive rolling trial design for accelerated treatment development and optimization. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 1222-1243. doi: 10.1177/2167702619858071 (view article / view preprint version)
• Blackwell, S. E. (2019). Mental imagery: from basic research to clinical practice. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 29, 235-247. doi: 10.1037/int0000108 (view article or manuscript version)
• Murphy, F. C., Peers, P. V., Blackwell, S. E., Holmes, E. A., & Manly, T. (2019). Anticipated and imagined futures: prospective cognition and depressed mood following brain injury. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 91-109. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12202 (view article)
• Velten, J., Blackwell, S. E., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (2019). Assessing Cognitive Appraisals Related to Sexual Function: A Scenario-Based Approach. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 781-794. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-1398-5 (view article)
• Woud, M. L., Cwik, J. C., de Kleine, R. A., Blackwell, S. E., Würtz, F., Margraf, J. (2019). Assessing trauma-related appraisals by means of a scenario-based approach. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43, 185-198. doi: 10.1007/s10608-018-9956-z (view article)

2018

• Blackwell, S.E., Westermann, K., Woud, M.L., Cwik, J.C., Neher, T., Graz, C., Nyhuis, P.W., Margraf., J. (2018). Computerized positive mental imagery training versus cognitive contorl training versus treatment as usual in inpatient menthal health settings: study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4:133.
  doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0325-1. (view article)
• Hales, S. A., Di Simplicio, M., Iyadurai, L., Blackwell, S. E., Young, K., Fairburn, C. G., Geddes, J. R., Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (2018). Imagery-focused cognitive therapy (ImCT) for mood instability and anxiety in a small sample of patients with bipolar disorder: a pilot clinical audit. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46, 706-725. doi: 10.1017/S1352465818000334  (view article)
• Iyadurai, L., Blackwell, S. E., Meiser-Stedman, R., Watson, P. C., Bonsall, M. B., Geddes, J. R., Nobre, A.C. &. Holmes, E. A. (2018). Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial. Molecular Psychiatry, 23, 674-682. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.23 (view article)
• Kessler, H., Holmes, E. A., Blackwell, S. E., Schmidt, A., Schweer, J. M., Bücker, A., Herpertz, S., Axmacher, N., Kehyayan, A. (2018). Reducing intrusive memories of trauma using a visuospatial interference intervention with inpatients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 1076-1090. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000340 (view article)
• Pile, V., Smith, P., Leamy, M., Blackwell, S. E., Meiser-Stedman, R., Stringer, D., Ryan, E. G., Dunn, B. D., Holmes, E. A., & Lau, J. Y. F. (2018). A brief early intervention for adolescent depression that targets emotional mental images and memories: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (IMAGINE trial). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 97. doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0287-3 (view article)
• Woud, M. L., Blackwell, S. E., Cwik, J. C., Margraf, J., Holmes, E. A., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., Herpertz, S., & Kessler, H. (2018). Augmenting inpatient treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder with a computerized cognitive bias modification procedure targeting appraisals (CBM-App): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8: e019964. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019964 (view article)
• Woud, M. L., Blackwell, S. E., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., Browning, M., Holmes, E. A., Harmer, C. J., Margraf, J., & Reinecke, A. (2018). Investigating d-cycloserine as a potential pharmacological enhancer of an emotional bias learning procedure. Psychopharmacology, 32, 569-577. doi: 10.1177/0269881118754679 (view article)
• Woud, M. L., Cwik, J. C., Blackwell, S. E., Kleim, B., Holmes, E. A., Adolph, D., Zhang, H., & Margraf, J. (2018). Does napping enhance the effects of Cognitive Bias Modification-Appraisal training? An experimental study. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192837. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192837 (view article)
• Woud, M. L., Zlomuzica, A., Cwik, J., Margraf, J., Shrekli, L., Blackwell, S. E., Gladwin, T., & Ehring, T. (2018). Effects of appraisal training on responses to recalling a distressing autobiographical event. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 56, 26-34. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.03.010 (view article)

2017

• Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2017). Brightening the day with flashes of positive mental imagery: a case study of an individual with depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73, 579-589. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22455 (view article)
• Blackwell, S. E., Woud, M. L, & MacLeod, C. (2017) A question of control? Examining the role of control conditions in experimental psychopathology using the example of cognitive bias modification research. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 20: e54. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2017.41 (view article or download pdf)
• Burnett Heyes, S., Pictet, A., Mitchell, H., Raeder, S. M., Lau, J. Y. F., Holmes, E. A., & Blackwell, S.E. (2017). Mental imagery-based training to modify mood and cognitive bias in adolescents. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41, 73-88. doi: 10.1007/s10608-016-9795-8 (view article)
• Cwik, J. C., Till, B., Bieda, A., Blackwell, S. E., Walter, C., Teismann, T. (2017). Measuring attitudes towards suicide: Preliminary evaluation of an attitude towards suicide scale. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 72, 56-65. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.09.008 (view article)
• de Voogd, L., de Hullu, E., Burnett Heyes, S., Blackwell, S. E., Wiers, R. W., Salemink, E. (2017). Imagine the bright side of life: A randomized controlled trial of two types of interpretation bias modification procedure targeting adolescent anxiety and depression. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0181147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181147. (view article)
• Hitchcock, C., Werner-Seidler, A., Blackwell, S. E., & Dalgleish, T. (2017). Autobiographical episodic memory-based training for the treatment of mood, anxiety and stress-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 92-107. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.12.003 (view article)
• Horsch, A., Vial, Y., Favrod, C., Harari, M. M., Blackwell, S. E., Watson, P., Iyadurai, L., Bonsall, M. B., & Holmes, E. A. (2017). Reducing intrusive traumatic memories after emergency caesarean section: a proof-of-principle randomized controlled study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 94, 36-47. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.03.018 (view article)
• Ji, J. L., Holmes, E. A., & Blackwell, S. E. (2017). Seeing light at the end of the tunnel: positive prospective mental imagery and optimism in depression. Psychiatry Research, 247, 155-162. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.11.025 (view article)
• Murphy, S. E., O’Donoghue, M. C., Blackwell, S. E., Nobre, A. C., Browning, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2017). Increased rostral anterior cingulate activity following positive mental imagery training in healthy older adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 1950-1958. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx120 (view article)
• Renner, F., Ji, J. L., Pictet, A., Holmes, E. A., & Blackwell, S. E. (2017). Effects of engaging in repeated mental imagery of future positive events on behavioural activation in individuals with major depressive disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41, 369-380. doi: 10.1007/s10608-016-9776-y (view article)
• Wannemueller, A., Adoph, D., Joehren, H., Blackwell, S. E. & Margraf, J. (2017). Psychophysiological reactivity of currently dental phobic-, remitted dental phobic- and never-dental phobic individuals during exposure to dental-related and other affect-inducing materials. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 90, 76-86. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.12.009 (view article)

2016

• Di Simplicio, M., Renner, F., Blackwell, S. E., Mitchell, H., Stratford, H. J., Watson, P., Myers, N., Nobre, A. C., Lau-Zhu, A., & Holmes, E. A. (2016). An investigation of mental imagery in bipolar disorder: Exploring “the mind’s eye”. Bipolar Disorders, 18, 669-683. doi:  10.1111/bdi.12453 (view article)
• Holmes, E. A., Blackwell, S. E., Burnett Heyes, S., Renner, F., & Raes, F. (2016). Mental imagery in depression: phenomenology, potential mechanisms, and treatment implications. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 12. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-092925 (view article)
• Holmes, E. A., Bonsall, M. B., Hales, S. A., Mitchell, H., Renner, F., Blackwell, S. E., Watson, P., Goodwin, G. M., & Di Simplicio, M. (2016). Applications of time-series analysis to mood fluctuations in bipolar disorder to promote treatment innovation: A case series. Translational Psychiatry, 6, e720. doi:10.1038/tp.2015.207 (view article)
• Moss, A., Curran, H. V., Bloomfield, M. A. P., Kamboj, S. K., Blackwell, S. E., & Freeman, T. P. (2016). Bringing together pharmacological and psychological approaches to mental health research. Lancet Psychiatry, 3, 700-702, doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30080-3 (view article)

2015

• Blackwell, S. E., Browning, M., Mathews, A., Pictet, A., Welch, J., Davies, J., Watson, P., Geddes, J. R., & Holmes, E. A. (2015). Positive imagery-based cognitive bias modification as a web-based treatment tool for depressed adults: a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Psychological Science, 3, 91-111. doi: 10.1177/2167702614560746 (view article)
• Murphy, S. E., O’Donoghue, C. M., Drazich, E. H. S., Blackwell, S. E., Nobre, A. C., & Holmes, E. A. (2015). Imagining a brighter future: the effect of positive imagery training on mood, prospective mental imagery and emotional bias in older adults. Psychiatry Research, 230, 36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.059 (view article)
• Stratford, H. J., Cooper, M. J., Di Simplicio, M., Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2015). Psychological therapy for anxiety in bipolar spectrum disorders: a systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 35, 19-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.11.002 (view article)
• Williams, A. D., O’Moore, K., Blackwell, S. E., Smith, J., Holmes, E. A., & Andrews, G. (2015). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT): A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 178, 131-141. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.02.026 (view article)

2014

• Clarke, P. J. F., Nanthakumar, S., Notebaert, L., Holmes, E. A., Blackwell, S. E., & MacLeod, C. (2014).  Simply imagining sunshine, lollipops and rainbows will not budge the bias: The role of ambiguity in interpretive bias modification. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, 120-131. doi: 10.1007/s10608-013-9564-x (view article)
• Rohrbacher, H., Blackwell, S. E., Holmes, E. A. & Reinecke, A. (2014). Optimizing the ingredients for imagery-based interpretation bias modification for depressed mood: is self-generation more effective than imagination alone? Journal of Affective Disorders, 152-154, 212-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.09.013 (view article)
• Torkan, H., Blackwell, S. E., Holmes, E. A., Kalantari, M., Neshat-Doost, H. T., Maroufi, M., & Talebi, H. (2014). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification in treatment-seeking patients with major depression in Iran: a pilot study. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, 132-145. doi: 10.1007/s10608-014-9598-8 (view article)
• Vassilopoulos, S.P., Blackwell, S. E., Missailidi, P., Kyritsi, A., & Ayfanti, M. (2014). The differential effects of written and spoken presentation for the modification of interpretation and judgmental bias in children. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42, 535-554. doi: 10.1017/S1352465813000301 (view article)

2013

• Blackwell, S. E., Rius-Ottenheim, N., Schulte-van Maaren, Y. W. M., Carlier, I. V. E., Middelkoop, V. D., Zitman, F. G., Spinhoven, P., Holmes, E. A., & Giltay, E. J. (2013). Optimism and mental imagery: a possible cognitive marker to promote wellbeing? Psychiatry Research, 206, 56-61. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.047 (view article)
• Browning, M., Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2013). The use of cognitive bias modification and imagery in the understanding and treatment of depression. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 14, 243–260. doi: 10.1007/7854_2012_212 (view article)
• Williams, A. D., Blackwell, S. E., Holmes, E. A., & Andrews, G. (2013). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) versus control CBM and iCBT for depression: Study protocol for a parallel-group randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 3: e004049. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004049 (view article)
• Williams, A. D., Blackwell, S. E., Mackenzie, A., Holmes, E. A., & Andrews, G. (2013). Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive bias modification and internet-CBT for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 793-799. doi: 10.1037/a0033247 (view article)

2012

• Davies, C., Malik, A., Pictet, A., Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2012). Involuntary Memories after a Positive Film are Dampened by a Visuospatial Task: Unhelpful in Depression but Helpful in Mania? Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 19, 341-351. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1800 (view article)
• Lang, T. J., Blackwell, S. E., Harmer, C., Davison, P., & Holmes, E. A. (2012). Cognitive bias modification using mental imagery for depression: developing a novel computerized intervention to change negative thinking styles. European Journal of Personality, 26, 145-157. doi: 10.100/per.855 (view article)
• Vassilopolous, S. P., Blackwell, S. E., Moberly, N. J., & Karahaliou, E. (2012). Comparing imagery and verbal training instructions for the experimental modification of interpretation and judgmental bias in children. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 594-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.08.004 (view article)

2011

• Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Blackwell, S. E., & Hales, S. (2011). ‘They flash upon that inward eye’. The Psychologist, 24, 340-343. (view article)

2010

• Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Modifying interpretation and imagination in clinical depression: A single case series using cognitive bias modification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 338-350. doi: 10.1002/acp.1680 (view article)

1999

• Podczeck, F., Blackwell, S., Gold, M., & Newton, J.M. (1999). The filling of granules into hard gelatine capsules. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 188, 59-69. doi: 10.1016/S0378-5173(99)00208-2 (view article)

Buchkapitel

• Blackwell, S. E. (2023). Mental imagery and interpretational processing biases. In M. L. Woud (Ed.), Interpretational Processing Biases in Emotional Psychopathology: From Experimental Investigation to Clinical Practice (pp. 97–116). Springer International Publishing. (view chapter)
• Blackwell, S. E. (2020). Emotional Mental Imagery. In A. Abraham (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination (pp. 241-257). Cambridge University Press. (view manuscript version of chapter / chapter in Google books)
• Kessler, H., Blackwell, S. E., & Kehyayan, A. (2017). Reconsolidation and trauma memory. In N. Axmacher & B. Rasch (Eds.), Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Consolidation. Basel: Springer. (view chapter)
• Hales, S., Blackwell, S. E., Di Simplicio, M., Iyadurai, L., Young, K., & Holmes, E. A. (2014). Imagery-based cognitive-behavioral assessment. In G. P. Brown & D. A. Clark (Eds.), Assessment in Cognitive Therapy. New York: Guilford Press. (view chapter) (Download Microformulation Template)

Herausgeberband

• Heidenreich, T., Tata, P., & Blackwell, S. (Eds.) (2019). Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag.