Erica Weitz
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Education:
B.A.
Tufts University, 2005.
M.A. (Child Development)
Tufts University, 2007.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), 2017.
B.A.
Tufts University, 2005.
M.A. (Child Development)
Tufts University, 2007.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), 2017.
Post-Graduate Training
Psychology Intern, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, Delaware, 2020-2020.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, 2021-Present.
Permanent linkPsychology Intern, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, Delaware, 2020-2020.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, 2021-Present.
Selected Publications
Cohen, Z., Breunese, J., Markowitz, JC., Weitz, ES, …Driessen, E.: Comparative efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy and antidepressant medication for adult depression: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine (in press) 2024.Keefe, J. R., Kimmel, D., & Weitz, E.: A Meta-Analysis of Interpersonal and Psychodynamic Psychotherapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2024.
Bredemeier, K., Larsen, S., Shivakumar, G., Grubbs, K., McLean, C., Tress, C., Rosenfield, D., DeRubeis, R., Xu, C., Foa, E., Morland, L., Pai, A., Tsao, C., Crawford, J., Weitz, E., Mayinja, L., Feler, B., Wachsman, T., Lupo, M., … Thase, M. : A comparison of prolonged exposure therapy, pharmacotherapy, and their combination for PTSD: What works best and for whom; study protocol for a randomized trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 119, 2022.
Driessen, E., Cohen, Z. D., Weissman, M. M., Markowitz, J. C., Weitz, E. S., Hollon, S. D., Browne, D. T., Rucci, P., Corda, C., Menchetti, M., Bagby, R. M., Quilty, L. C., O’Hara, M. W., Zlotnick, C., Pearlstein, T., Blom, M. B. J., Altamura, M., Gois, C., Schneider, L. S., … Cuijpers, P. : The efficacy of antidepressant medication and interpersonal psychotherapy for adult acute-phase depression: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BJPsych Open 7(2), 2021.
Boschloo L., Bekhuis E., Weitz E., Reijnders M., DeRubeis R., Dimidjian S., Dunner D., Dunlop B., Hegerl U., Hollon S., Jarrett R., Kennedy S., Miranda J., Mohr D., Simons A., Parker G., Petrak F., Herpertz S., Quilty L., Rush AJ., Segal Z., Vittengl J., Schoevers R., Cuijpers P : The symptom-specific efficacy of antidepressant medication vs. cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of depression: results from an individual patient data meta-analysis. World Psychiatry 18(2): 183-91, June 2019.
Weitz E., Kleiboer A., van Straten A., & Cuijpers P.: The effects of psychotherapy for depression on anxiety symptoms: a meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine 48(13): 2140-52, October 2018.
Furukawa T., Efthimiou O., Weitz E., Cipriani A., Keller M., Kocsis J., Klein D., Michalak J., Salanti G., Cuijpers P., Schramm E : Cognitive-Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy, Drug, or Their Combination for Persistent Depressive Disorder: Personalizing the Treatment Choice Using Individual Participant Data Network Metaregression. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 87(3): 140-53, May 2018.
Driessen E., Abbass A., Barber J., Gibbons MB., Dekker J., Fokkema M., Fonagy P., Hollon S., Jansma E., de Maat S., Town J., Twisk J., Van H., Weitz E., Cuijpers P : Which patients benefit specifically from short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy(STPP) for depression? Study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BMJ Open 8(2): e018900, February 2018.
Sijbrandij M., Acarturk C., Bird M., Bryant R., Burchert S., Carswell K., Jong J., Dinesen C., Dawson K., Chammay R., van Ittersum L., Jordans M., Knaevelsrud C., McDaid D., Miller K., Morina N., Park A., Roberts B., van Son Y., Sondorp E., Pfaltz M., Ruttenberg L., Schick M., Schnyder U., van Ommeren M., Ventevogel P., Weissbecker I., Weitz E., Wiedemann N., Whitney C., and Cuijpers P: Strengthening mental health care systems for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: integrating scalable psychological interventions in eight countries. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 8(Supplement 2): 1388102, November 2017.
Cuijpers P., Weitz E., Cristea IA., & Twisk J.: Pre-post effect sizes should be avoided in metaanalyses. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 26(4): 364-68, August 2017.